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By: Scientists Urge Caution On Underwater Mining But Enviros Want Ban - The SiloThe Silo

Sat, 26 Jan 2019 12:39:49 +0000

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By: SAMS - Marine College

SAMS - Marine College — Sat, 18 Aug 2018 07:56:36 +0000

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By: Will Tamani

Will Tamani — Sat, 24 Mar 2018 10:21:27 +0000

Great article, I am a native Fijian and the great question I have about the ISA is “Legitimacy”. Who on earth gave this little obscure group operating out of a little office in Jamaica, the right to issue DSM licenses in the Pacific? The ISA and Nautilus mining have a network of individuals who have wormed their way into crucial positions to legitimise the right to mine. They have taken over the ISA. and campaigned for UN recognition as guardians of our seas. I am deeply disappointed that the UN has become nothing but a puddle of dirt. Nautilus has corrupted the ISA, the UN and Fiji government. Please stop all this nonsense.

By: Lee Scott

Lee Scott — Thu, 22 Mar 2018 18:12:33 +0000

It seems to me that the regulations governing exploitation of mineral resources in the deep oceans are, indeed, rather impenetrable for non-lawyers and specialists, as Jon Copley suggests. If they are shared international resources, surely such opacity is the very last thing that the regulations should implicitly condone?

By: Kamal hosen

Kamal hosen — Sat, 22 Oct 2016 19:10:14 +0000

Thank you Sir for your highly informative article about deep sea mining at vent area and happy to know UNCLOS for monitoring and tabulating deep sea exploring.Again thanks for share latest news to us.Wish you long life and ever success.

By: Wiebina Heesterman

Wiebina Heesterman — Wed, 07 Oct 2015 19:35:48 +0000

Yes, very interesting. Thank you. I am planning to give a talk to our local U3A later next year about the wonder and beauty of our oceans. Perhaps it will help to make the audience more involved in caring for the environment – and not throw any plastics around. You people show some beautiful images for the “discovering our oceans course ” I am doing. I would like to use some of them for my talk – of course crediting the photographer / the source. I don’t want to infringe copyright. I’ll look out for your blogs in future,

Thanks again,

Wiebina

By: Petition calling on ISA to protect oceans from mining nears 800,000 signatures | Papua New Guinea Mine Watch

Tue, 29 Sep 2015 21:29:35 +0000

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By: Konstantin Karapetyan

Konstantin Karapetyan — Fri, 24 Jul 2015 06:26:20 +0000

Interesting, I was shocked by how HUGE these areas were. Our oceans are vast, and before opening the map I expected to be unable to see anything but markers on the map.

Add to this the effect of exploitation on the adjacent areas as well as on migration, and the impact area eben what—doubles, triples?

By: They want to mine where? Over 500,000 people call for ISA to protect our oceans | Papua New Guinea Mine Watch

Sun, 19 Jul 2015 23:44:39 +0000

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By: RH Findlay

RH Findlay — Sat, 18 Jul 2015 04:09:16 +0000

Interesting to see how far deep-sea mining has developed since I was a member of the PNG Marine Science Research Committee between 1998 and 2005, starting in the year after the PNG Mines Department gave Nautilus permission to begin exploration over the PACMANUS Rise in PNG’s waters (not international waters). None of us on that committee were aware of the ISA, so it would seem a little more publicity is essential for that organisation. Apart from the legal issues of having research vessels working over what had overnight become a designated exploration licence area, I recall that the biologists on the committee were concerned about the impacts of mining on what was, and still is, an area inhabited by poorly understood deep marine life.

Please keep me posted; I am no longer in PNG but am still interested in developments.