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Is SOPAC in cahoots with the deep sea mining industry?
SOPAC Expedites New Seabed Mining Legislation for Lockheed Martin FOREIGN POLICY IN FOCUS | Cross-posted from Moana Nui | MARCH 20 2013 Arnie Saiki is the coordinator for Moana Nui Action Alliance, Currently, US military contractor Lockheed Martin is negotiating with Fiji’s Bainimarama administration to fast-track and sponsor new legislation that would allow the private [...]
Read moreBritain uses the world’s largest defense contractor to join the rush to plunder the deep seas in the Pacific
Britain uses the world’s largest defense contractor, American owned Lockheed Martin, to join the rush to plunder the deep seas in the Pacific … meanwhile SOPAC is questioned by leading Pacific NGO about their role in Lockheed seabed mining bid. In the following news articles they talk about the minerals that Lockheed will be aiming [...]
Read moreLeaders launch Pacific deep sea mining regulatory tool
Pacific Scoop Henry Yamo 30 August 2012 [Realted article: Pacific leader urges caution over controversial deep sea mining] [Cook islands Deputy Prime Minister Tom Marsters launching the regional deep seabed mining protocol. Image: Henry Yamo/PMC] With looming exploitation of the Pacific Ocean’s mineral riches on the horizon, a regional protocol was launched today to ensure deep [...]
Read moreMEDIA RELEASE: International Law Supports Moratorium on Experimental Seabed Mining
27 August 2012
Read morePacific groups to launch legal opinion on Precautionary Principle and seabed mining
Media Advisory: Our Large Ocean Islands States Vision: Regaining a Sacred Custodianship; Avoid Undermining Our Pacific 27 August 2012
Read moreSOPAC criticised as opposition to seabed mining grows in the Pacific
Radio New Zealand International Johnny Blades 20 August 2012 There are questions over the role of the Secretariat of the Pacific Community’s Applied Geoscience and Technology Division, or SOPAC, in the deep sea mining industry.
Read moreMEDIA RELEASE: EU funding for SOPAC’s Reckless Approach to Experimental Seabed Mining in the Pacific Under fire
Deep Sea Mining Campaign Thursday 16 August 2012 Civil Society highlights SOPAC’s corruption of the precautionary principle and questions EU support for a reckless approach to development that would be unacceptable in its own member countries.
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