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NGOs condemn actions in Danu village

On 27 Aug, 2013 By Effrey

Video testimonies of 'forced' evictions by Nautilus

On 23 Aug, 2013 By rait man

"They said the company (Nautilus) sent them, and if we don't sign then we'll loose our chances of getting the benefits from the project. We didn't agreed to this Experimental Seabed Mining to happen, what makes them think we'll agree to move away from our village that we've lived in for centuries?" said a Danu Village Clan Leader.

14 Clans Back Solwara 1

On 23 Nov, 2012 By Klaireh

14 clans back Solwara 1 were the headlines that screamed out on Tuesday's issue of the National Newspaper.

The end of this tumultuous year 2012 is almost upon us, a perfect time for one to reflect and ponder where they’ve gone right, where they’ve gone wrong and where they could’ve done something better.

PNG landowners want seabed mining stopped

On 23 Oct, 2012 By rait man

Eoin Blackwell | AAP

Landowners in Papua New Guinea have petitioned the government to halt a controversial seabed mining project along the nation’s coast.

Mining Minister Byron Chan on Tuesday was handed a petition with 24,000 signatures from residents of Madang, Oro and New Britain provinces who say they do not want Canadian-owned Nautilus Minerals’ Solwara 1 project in PNG’s Bismarck Sea to go ahead.

The project is the first of its kind in the world and will see minerals – mostly copper and gold – extracted from the ocean floor.

How and Why Nautilus is insulting & defiling the sanctity of my Lavongai belief system.

On 20 Sep, 2012 By Klaireh

BY PATRICK KAIKU

No Emotions. No Assumptions. Just Facts

On 06 Sep, 2012 By Klaireh

Slap yourself you naughty child! You should not have an opinion! AND if you do – under no circumstance should you voice that opinion, unless it supports what we (the ever-wise adults) have said! AND whatever scientific research and legal opinion (no matter who from) that has been formulated outside of THIS circle (picture a fair skinned, slightly balding, black haired, wire rimmed spectacled, black-suit and tie wearing, middle aged Papua New Guinean man drawing a circle with his delicate pointers) is IRRELEVANT and surely based on pure emotion.

Pacific voices must be heard on seabed mining

On 30 Aug, 2012 By Effrey

New T-shirt to boost campaign against experimental seabed mining

On 08 Jun, 2012 By rait man

The Pacific Network on Globilization has launched a new T-shirt to boost the campaign against experimental seabed mining in the Pacific.

Lice Cokanasiga models the new T-shirt

Lice Cokanasiga models the new T-shirt.

Please help stop a new disaster in the Pacific - seabed mining

On 16 Feb, 2012 By Effrey

There is a new environmental and human rights catestrophy looming in the Pacific and we need to stop it happening!

Experimental seabed mining is being pushed by foreign companies despite the risks of an environmental disaster and the fact it is not a sustainable development option for indigenous peoples.

Civil society groups across the Pacific, inclusing ACT NOW!, are calling on our leaders to slow down on this dangerous and untried new industry - but we need YOUR support.

Campaign to prevent experimental seabed mining goes global

On 20 Jan, 2012 By Effrey

The campaign to prevent environmental damage from experimental deep-sea mining has gone global, reflecting the mounting worldwide concern about this new form of mineral extraction.

Care2, an on-line community of more than 17 million people, has launched an on-line petition [1] asking the United Nations to stop experimental deep-sea mining until the potential impacts are known.

The petition has attracted more than 10,000 signatures in just a few days - more than double its original target of 5,000 - and it is still growing.

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