The New Zealand government has announced it will back a conditional moratorium on deep sea mining in areas in international waters. It said this moratorium will remain until strong environment rules, backed by robust science, are in place.
Electric robots will soon be crawling along the sea floor and sucking up precious metals through a giant straw in a controversial trial to mine some of the ocean's deepest, most pristine environments. Deep-sea mining operator The Metals Company has been granted approval by the International Seabe
Plundering the Pacific for its rich natural resources has a long pedigree...There are worrying signs history may be about to repeat, as global demand soars for minerals critical to the clean energy transition.
Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama says Fiji is investing heavily in the blue economy in a bid to create 100,000 new jobs by 2050. Speaking at the Blue Pacific Leaders Ocean panel on Monday, he said they were working to bolster their long-term economic resilience by investing in the planet.
New research published in July in the journal Science provides one of the first estimates of the likely reach of deep-sea mining noise generation, finding that a single mine site could produce noise extending hundreds of kilometers, dramatically increasing the environmental footprint of
Vanuatu remains committed in its fight against deep sea mining alongside other Pacific Island nations. As the world turned its focus to provide clean energy, the need of deep-sea mining is one option international organizations have put out as a solution to address the agenda.
The Pacific Parliamentarians’ Alliance on Deep Sea Mining (PPADSM) has been officially launched as a high-level political voice that will advocate for the protection of the Pacific Ocean from exploitation. Vanuatu’s Leader of Opposition, Ralph Regenvanu, is the PPADSM chairman.
Samoa's Minister for Natural Resources and Environment is among 20 founding members of the Pacific Parliamentarians’ Alliance on Deep Sea Mining. Toesulusulu Cedric Schuster and his Pacific parliament colleagues agreed to form the Pacific Parliamentarians’ Alliance on Deep Sea Mining (PPADSM) wh
Tuvalu’s government has rescinded its support to explore deep sea mining in the country’s waters. The government had sponsored mining firm Circular Metals Tuvalu last December to apply for an exploration permit with the International Seabed Authority.
The Government is being accused of taking a weak stance at an international meeting to finalise the rules for mining the deep sea. By participating in drafting regulations, New Zealand is helping to ‘green light’ the emerging industry, marine conservationists say.