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PNG leaders struggle to monitor deep-sea mining activities

PSB News Hour, 19 Sept 2024

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Locals concerned over deep-sea mining’s impact

PBS News Hour - 18 Sept 2024

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Minister ignoring community opposition to seabed mining 

Reilly Kanamon | Social justice advocate | via The National

WE do not know why it was so difficult for the mining minister to respond to concerns from maritime communities in the Bismack Sea regarding seabed mining issues.

Since the new miner Deep Sea Mining (DSM) Finance started pursuing the reopening of the Solwara project, the communities opposed it.

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Calls for PNG government to make its position on deep sea mining clear

The Deep Sea Mining Campaign warns that if nodule mining is allowed to take place in the Pacific Ocean, species such as the Sperm Whale could be adversely affected.

The Deep Sea Mining Campaign warns that if nodule mining is allowed to take place in the Pacific Ocean, species such as the Sperm Whale could be adversely affected. Photo: WILLYAM

Source: RNZ/Pacific news.

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Shark callers fear destruction of their culture through seabed mining

A line of canoes in the water, a boy blows on a conch shell.

The trumpet of the conch signals the end of a hunt. (Supplied: New Ireland Provincial Government)

 

By Australia Broadcasting Corporation

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Global Brands Back Moratorium on Seabed Mining

Source: Pacifik Environews

Four leading global companies have announced their support for a global moratorium on deep seabed mining. Initiated by BMW Group and WWF, and signed by Samsung SDI, Google and Volvo Group, the companies join the increasing chorus of concern about the significant risks to economies and to ocean health that would arise from opening up the seabed to extraction of minerals.

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Pacific call for global ban on deep sea mining

Source: Radio New Zealand

A widespread Pacific civil society call for a global ban on deep sea mining activity has been launched.

The Pacific Regional NGO Alliance of church and civil society groups kickstarted their campaign to stop deep sea mining yesterday in Fiji.

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Sinking Seabed Mining

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Papua New Guinean, Australian, and New Zealand civil society welcome ban on seabed mining in the Northern Territory

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