Tag: Deep-sea mining
New head of UN deep-sea mining regulator vows to restore neutrality
SPECIAL REPORT: By Stephen Wright of BenarNews
Promises of "accountability and transparency" in deep-sea mining has seen a tsunami-size vote by nations on Friday for...
Nations join ranks to delay deep-sea mining approval by UN regulator
SPECIAL REPORT: By Stephen Wright in Kingston, Jamaica
The obscure UN organisation attempting to set rules for the exploitation of deep-sea metals is facing a...
Tuvalu joins growing Pacific tide of opposition to deep-sea mining
Asia Pacific Report
Tuvalu has added its voice to the growing tide in the Pacific against deep sea mining, highlighting the momentum against this destructive...
Vanuatu fights for marine protection at key UN deep-sea mining summit
By Stephen Wright in Kingston, Jamaica
Vanuatu has taken a leading role in a bloc of nations fighting to keep marine environment protection on the...
Anger as Nauru-backed company gets go ahead to mine on seafloor
RNZ Pacific
Deep sea mining could begin in the Pacific as early as this month, after regulators decided to allow The Metals Company to start...
French Polynesia moves towards ban on ‘craziness’ of seabed mining
RNZ Pacific
French Polynesia has voted a draft opinion for a temporary ban on seabed mining projects.
Of the territory's Council for the Economy, Social, Environment...
Fiji, Palau and Samoa call for deep-sea mining moratorium at UN...
RNZ Pacific
Palau, Fiji, and Samoa have announced their opposition to deep-sea mining, calling for a moratorium on the emerging industry amid growing fears it...
Michael Field: On saying sorry – who next? The Banabans?
COMMENT: By Michael Field of The Pacific Newsroom
Apologies are, more or less by custom, the end of things.
Say sorry, and don’t mention it again.
As...
Pacific civil society groups slam ‘naked hijack’ fast-track seabed mining bid
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk
Pacific regional civil society groups claim that DeepGreen, a venture capitalist company, has started "the clock ticking" with little regard for...
25-tonne deep sea mining robot ‘stuck’ on Pacific Ocean seabed during...
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk
One of the world’s first deep sea mining pilot tests has resulted in a huge machine being stuck on the seafloor...
PNG deep sea mining project another ‘failed investment’, says ex-minister
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
The controversial Nautilus Solwara 1 deep sea mining project has been accused of being another Papua New Guinean government “failed investment” on...
Underestimate climate change political upheaval ‘at peril’, warns former PM
By David Robie at Te Papa
A former New Zealand prime minister has warned that climate change has the potential to force a legal and...
Opposition will ‘not let up’ to planned seabed mining in Philippines
By Rachel E. Llorca in Manila
Fishermen from the archipelagic province of Romblon in the Philippines are opposed to planned deep sea mining ventures...
‘No’ to deep sea bed mining plans for Pacific, says PNG’s...
Meredith Kuusa reports for TVWan News.
Pacific Media Centre News Desk
Papua New Guinea's Catholic Church cardinal has given a resounding "no" to deep sea mining...
PNG seabed mining an environment experiment based on ‘false hope’, say...
Nautilus Minerals has "pedalled false hope" for experimental seabed mining at the Papua New Guinea Petroleum and Mining Conference in Sydney, claims the Deep Sea...
Legal case filed as oil giant exits NZ for Arctic
An unprecedented legal case has been filed this week against the Norwegian government for allowing oil companies including state-owned Statoil to drill for new...
New ‘Resource Roulette’ report exposes deep-sea mining risks for Pacific
By Julie Hunter
International law firm Blue Ocean Law and the Fiji-based regional non-governmental organisation Pacific Network on Globalisation (PANG) have released a report detailing...
Researchers explore Pacific Ocean’s hidden deep ‘secrets’
Research expeditions can involve newly discovered species. This video shows a pale-winged creature dubbed "the ghost fish". It was discovered by the Schmidt Ocean...