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Is the next mining boom on the ocean floor?
The Conversation Sara Bice | 15 April 2013 Photo: Amid global demand for rare earth minerals, there has been a strong interest in deep sea mining. Flickr\gnews Sara Bice a Senior Associate of the Australian Centre for Corporate Social Responsibility and Research Fellow at the Centre for Public Policy, University of Melbourne raises concerns about [...]
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 more8000 sign PANG petition in bid to block Pacific deep seabed mining
Pacific Scoop Rachel Reeves 28 August 2012 A petition bearing more than 8000 signatures is being circulated among Forum participants this week as part of a regional effort to arrest seabed mining projects in the Pacific. A coalition of non-government organisations, which includes the Pacific Network on Globalisation (PANG) and Act Now! PNG, is here [...]
Read moreCampaigners urge Forum to look at moratorium on sea-bed mining
Radio New Zealand Anti-seabed mining campaigners have urged Pacific Island Forum members meeting in Rarotonga to place a moratorium on the activity. Maureen Penjueli of the Pacific Network on Globalisation says the governments should take a cue from Australia’s Northern Territory which has placed a three year ban on the activity. Ms Penjueli says mining [...]
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
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