The European Union and SPC have published a new report [see below] claiming the money to be made from experimental seabed mining in PNG far outweighs the costs. Unfortunately the expensive report:
PNG is playing a dangerous game with people’s livelihoods, environment and culture by embarking on experimental seabed mining without understanding the potential impacts on the regions fish and fisheries, according to a South Pacific Community research proposal.
IMAGE: RELICANTHUS SP. -- A NEW SPECIES FROM A NEW ORDER OF CNIDARIA COLLECTED AT 4,100 METERS IN THE CLARION-CLIPPERTON FRACTURE ZONE (CCZ) THAT LIVES ON SPONGE STALKS. CREDIT: CRAIG SMITH AND DIVA AMON, ABYSSLINE PROJECT
Managing mining of the deep seabed
Contracts are being granted, but protections are lagging
Mining in the deep sea for minerals is uncharted territory, but one company is well on its way to making it a reality. Now, the company is trying to convince skeptical audiences it's a good idea.
Lights of what seemed like a huge ship was sighted on the waters of New Ireland by some village people who said, they’re not sure if it’s a ship or a submarine because every time they send someone out to check on it, it disappears.
Prospective experimental seabed mining company Nautilus Minerals loves to try and deceive people about the true nature of its proposed mining operations.
Anti-seabed mining campaigners and a South Taranaki iwi say a decision to finally scuttle a massive ironsand mining operation is a "victory for common sense".
Last week, Trans-Tasman Resources (TTR) dropped its attempt to reverse the Environmental Protection Authority's decision to decline consent to extract 50 million tonnes of sediment per year, across 65.76 square kilometres.
THE Pacific Network on Globalisation (PANG) has branded PNG’s 13th Mining and Petroleum Conference happening in Sydney this week as an exercise in encouraging investment in destruction.
Source: The Post Courier
