No to Seabed Mining

Precaution

Proposed experimental seabed mining in the Pacific will breach the well-established international law concept known as the precautionary principle. This is confirmed in a legal opinion prepared by the United States office of the Environmental Law Alliance WorldWide.

ELAW says the application of the precautionary principle supports a moratorium on seabed mining until the risks of harm to the marine environment and coastal people are better known and understood.

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Pacific says no seabed mining

Protestors deliver NO MARINE DUMPING message in Australia

On 25 Nov, 2010 By Effrey

25 November 2010

Campaigners are taking their ‘no marine dumping’ message to the streets of Australia in the first of a series of planned protests against the environmental performance of foreign mining companies operating in Papua New Guinea.

“Our message is simple”, says spokesperson Iona Reto, “foreign companies operating in Papua New Guinea need to clean up their act and stop their double standards. If they can’t do it at home they shouldn’t do it in PNG.”

Protestors deliver NO MARINE DUMPING message in Australia

On 25 Nov, 2010 By Effrey

25 November 2010

Parliament should reverse environmental law amendments

On 12 Nov, 2010 By Effrey

12 November, 2010

The ACT NOW! community is calling on the PNG Parliament, when it resumes next week, to reverse its controversial amendments to the Environment Act.

The amendments, passed by Parliament in May, removed landowner’s rights to be consulted and approve activities on their land in certain circumstances. They also denied any right to challenge those decisions through the courts and gave immunity to foreign companies from liability for environmental damage.

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