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Watch this video by ActNowPNG, Bismarck Ramu Group and the Pacific Network on Globalisation that highlights the risks of experimental seabed mining for the Pacific region.

Vanuatu world leader on best practice Deep Sea Mining decision-making Thursday 7 November 2013 Around the Pacific the feverish interest in deep sea mining has given rise to an equally intense opposition to this unprecedented extractive industry. Dr. Helen Rosenbaum, coordinator, Deep

Pacific Scoop 17 Fenruary 2012 NGO’s across the Pacific, criticise The Secretariat of the Pacific Community’s(SOPAC) proposal for a legislative and regulatory framework for deep sea mineral exploration and mining. With Nautilus Mineral’s Solwara 1 project in PNG scheduled to start min

PACNEWS 18 June 2013 SUVA, Fiji — Pacific leaders should follow the example of Vanuatu Lands Minister Ralph Regenvanu and introduce legislation which will protect communities from the ravages of extractive industry. The Pacific Conference of Churches General Secretary, Reverend

Papua New Guinea Mine Watch 12 June 2013 Madang People’s Forum (MPF) is calling on the Mining Minister Byron Chan to follow Vanuatu’s lead and shelve experimental seabed mining in Papua New Guinea. Spokesman Mr Alfred Kaket said, this project must be stopped until our government has a

[Related Articles: Island Business, PAC News, Radio New Zealand International, Radio Australia, Papua New Guniea Mine Watch, ABC News and Vanuatu Daily Digest] Papua New Guinea Mine Watch 10 May, 2013 From the Opening address by the Hon. Ralph Regenvanu, Minister for Land and Natural