Is the economic situation in Papua New Guinea so desperate that we have to resort to Experimental Seabed Mining in order to survive? Is the risk worth taking? Is it worth sacrificing the health of our solwara so that OTHER PEOPLE can benefit at the expense of OUR PEOPLE?

The answers that many Papua New Guineans of expertise and experience have given over and over again is a simple NO!  Seabed Mining shouldn't be an option until the risks are studied carefully.

Seabed Mining. The so-called ‘latest frontier’ in mineral extraction in the commodity hungry industrialized world where cars, houses and airplanes are more and more in demand. The thing is no matter how much people try to dress it up and make it look safe, economical and people friendly – mineral exploitation is mineral exploitation full stop.

The campaign against experimental seabed mining in the Pacific is building up a great momentum, but we still need your support to ensure a positive outcome.

Joint Media Release:  ACT NOW!, Pacific Network on Globilization (PANG) and the Social Empowerment and Education Program (SEEP).

Pacific Island Countries have been told they should effectively abandon the protection afforded by the precautionary principle to allow the development of experimental seabed mining in the region.