Tag: Deep-sea mining

By Losirene Lacanivalu, of the Cook Islands News A leading Cook Islands environmental lobby group is hoping that the Cook Islands government will speak out...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

By Rachel E. Llorca in Manila   Fishermen from the archipelagic province of Romblon in the Philippines are opposed to planned deep sea mining ventures...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...