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Island Women: WE Don't Want Seabed Mining Ever

On 01 Dec, 2014 By Elizabeth1

Source: Little Green Palai

Just the thought of mining the seafloor in Melanesia is not sitting well with two women from Melanesia.

From Vanuatu, the new president of the Vanuatu National Council of Women, Mrs. Leias Cullwick is still firm on the Vanuatu women’s call to stop exploration and mining on the seafloor in Vanuatu.

A message for the PNG government: Keep calm and stop experimental seabad mining

On 03 Nov, 2014 By Elizabeth1

Source: PNG Mine Watch

Vanuatu chiefs hesitant to approve deep sea mining

On 27 Oct, 2014 By Elizabeth1

Source: Radio New Zealand

Picture: Sampling Copper under the sea

Vanuatu's National Council of Chiefs, Malfatumauri, will not take a position on deep sea mining until after villages around the country have been consulted by the Government.

NZ: Plenty of scientific concerns about seabed mining application

On 16 Oct, 2014 By Elizabeth1

Chatham Rise seabed hearing: the absence of evidence

Source: Scoop NZ

The phosphate on the seabed, 450m down on the Chatham Rise, has a particular quality that other phosphate doesn’t have: uranium.

The toxicity of this uranium was the focus of yesterday’s seabed mining hearing, and the evidence from a range of experts hasn’t filled us with confidence.

Vanuatu Women: No to Seabed Mining

On 15 Oct, 2014 By Elizabeth1

Source: PNG Mine Watch

The President of the Vanuatu National Council of Women (VNCW) Mrs. Blandine Boulekone, has said that women in Vanuatu totally disagree with the Deep Sea Mining in Vanuatu Waters.

In a statement to the Daily Post yesterday morning, Mrs. Boulekone strongly expressed the Vanuatu Women’s opposition to such projects.

Pacific Indigenous people address World Leaders on Experimental seabed mining

On 06 Oct, 2014 By Elizabeth1

Source: EMTV online

Pacific indigenous people made their stand clear on seabed mining at the United Nations General Assembly in New York.

Speaking on behalf of the Pacific indigenous people, Dr Samson Viulu from the Solomon Islands addressed the world leaders, reiterating the facts of the lifestyles of Pacific people and their dependency on the marine environment.

Seabed mining impact on whales unclear

On 06 Oct, 2014 By Elizabeth1

Source: Radio New Zealand

Whale Watch Kaikoura says seabed mining in the Chatham Islands should not be approved until its effect on whales is researched.

Exploration company Chatham Rock Phosphate has already gained a permit and now needs permission from the Environment Protection Authority in order to mine 1.5 million tonnes of phosphate a year for fertiliser.

Pacific Islanders against seabed mining

On 01 Oct, 2014 By Elizabeth1

Source: Solomon Star

PACIFIC Indigenous peoples have voiced their united stand against any proposed seabed mining.

Solomon Islands Dr Samson Viulu who spoke on behalf of the pacific indigenous peoples made it clear before world leaders during the UN General Assembly in New York.

He said its important to halt any plans to carryout seabed mining in the pacific.

Protected Corals could be wiped out by deep sea mining in NZ

On 01 Oct, 2014 By Elizabeth1

Source: PNG MIne Watch

Mining phosphate from the seabed of the Chatham Rise would remove a protected coral species crucial to the local ecosystem, an Environmental Protection Agency hearing into a seabed mining proposal was told this morning.

Stop Experimental Seabed Mining in the Pacific

On 23 Sep, 2014 By Elizabeth1

STOP EXPERIMENTAL SEABED MINING IN THE PACIFIC MESSAGE ON THE STREETS OF LOS ANGELES

Carlos Kleeman and Arnie Saiki at the So Cal Climate Action 350 rally in Los Angeles

Source: PNG Mine Watch

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STOP EXPERIMENTAL SEABED MINING IN THE PACIFIC MESSAGE ON THE STREETS OF LOS ANGELES

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