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...
Ottawa—As the International Seabed Authority meets in Jamaica, a petition asking for a global moratorium on deep seabed mining, signed by more than 4000 Canadians, goes to the government for a response. On December 20, 2021, Oceans North, MiningWatch Canada, the...
Join MiningWatch Canada, Oceans North and other Canadian organizations in calling for a moratorium on deep seabed mining in international waters. Sign the parliamentary petition we have co-sponsored. Canadian mining companies are on the forefront of efforts...
by Elizabeth Claire Alberts for Mongabay on 17 December 2021 Delegates of the International Seabed Authority (ISA), the multilateral body in charge of deep-sea mining in international waters, met recently in Kingston, Jamaica, and discussed whether to adopt...
