RESOURCES and REPORTS
Blue Peril: A visual investigation of Deep Sea Mining in the Pacific
Blue Peril is a collaboration between INTERPRT, Deep Sea Mining Campaign & Ozeanien Dialog. It is supported by MiningWatch Canada. Special thanks to Dr. John Luick from Austides Australia Consulting for hours of oceanographic modelling and analysis and to the many scientists who gave their time in discussions and assisted with providing data and photographic surveys.
Additional Resources and Reports
Deep Sea Mining: What could it do to the ocean? (10 mins)
Award-winning documentary filmmaker Julia Barnes looks at the dangers posed by deep sea mining in this 10-minute short.
Predicting the Impacts
An expert review of the scientific literature on the impacts of deep sea mining. Commissioned by the Deep Sea Mining Campaign and MiningWatch Canada.
Shareholder Advisory
The Deep Sea Mining Campaign issued a Shareholder Advisory to inform potential investors of risks involved in The Metals Company’s (TMC) 2021 public offering. Advisory endorsed by MiningWatch.
Why the Rush?
This report looks at companies that are driving a speculative rush for seabed minerals and the ways in which the UN body charged with regulating them, the International Seabed Authority (ISA), is promoting these companies.
Mining the Deep Sea
An in-depth article published on Arena Magazine by Catherine Coumans.
Policy Brief: The Precautionary Principle and Deep-Seabed Mining
This Policy Brief from the UN Special Rapporteurs on the human right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment and the promotion and on the protection of human rights in the context of climate change, aims to inform ongoing deliberations at the International Seabed Authority (ISA) on deep-seabed mining (DSM), to clarify the legal and scientific bases for the urgent application of the precautionary principle and the main measures States must take in accordance with their obligations under international human rights and environmental law.
In the face of the triple planetary crises of climate change, biodiversity loss, and pollution, avoiding the risks of DSM is both urgent and necessary.