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The French Polynesian assembly has adopted a formal declaration for a moratorium on any plan to allow seabed mining. 45 members voted for, and 11 against the text, which aims to block any such activity until more is known. It said there had to be evaluations to understand the risks of seabed mining to the environment. The text said this was a precautionary approach which built on the principle that the polluter paid.
