Originally posted here. Hon Nanaia Mahuta Minister of Foreign AffairsMinita Take AorerePĀNUI PĀPĀHO MEDIA STATEMENT The Government has announced Aotearoa New Zealand will back a conditional moratorium on deep sea mining in areas beyond national jurisdiction, until...
A sea cucumber is seen on the deep ocean floor in the Clarion-Clipperton Zone, an area of the Pacific Ocean where mining companies want to exploit polymetallic nodules rich in cobalt, nickel, copper and manganese. (Diva Amon and Craig Smith/Abyssal Baseline Project)...
Latest round of UN negotiations on marine biodiversity treaty to wrap up Friday By Jaela Bernstien, CBC News As two weeks of negotiations at United Nations headquarters in New York City wrap up Friday, many hope the culmination will be a legally binding...
A new species from a new order of Cnidaria lives on sponge stalks attached to nodules in the Clarion-Clipperton Zone of the Pacific Ocean.Photographer: Craig Smith and Diva Amon, ABYSSLINE Project via NOAA A UN-affiliated organization meets this week to negotiate...
Steps need to be taken to ensure that deep seabed mining does not put at risk species that are not found anywhere else in the world. Written by Susanna D. Fuller, Catherine Coumans, Nicole Zanesco. Originally published on Policy OptionsApril 13, 2022 From the...
ALEXANDRE SHIELDS, LE DEVOIR Malgré les craintes formulées par de nombreux scientifiques et les appels au moratoire, le gouvernement Trudeau ne s’oppose pas à l’exploration et à l’exploitation minières dans les océans. Il plaide toutefois pour l’imposition de...
