deep-sea mining

4 Apr 2022

PRESS RELEASE

For immediate release 4th April 2022

Negotiations to develop the rules and regulations that would govern the destructive deep-sea mining industry have ended in Kingston, Jamaica. If approved and adopted, the regulations proposed by the International Seabed Authority (ISA) would give the green light to risky deep-sea mining as soon as July 2023, which would undermine the health of our ocean at a time when we rely on it most.

Continue reading The threat of deep-sea mining continues to hang over the ocean as negotiations come to a close

30 Mar 2022

Negotiations of draft rules and regulations, that could regulate the looming deep-sea mining industry were it to go ahead, entered their 8th day today in Kingston Jamaica.

Today’s session opened with an address from the International Seabed Authority (ISA’s) Secretary General, followed by the Chair of the Authority’s Legal and Technical Commission (LTC), presenting a report which included the development of Regional Environmental Monitoring Plans (REMPs), contract extensions, applications for new exploratory licences and an update on would be miners’ Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA).

Continue reading On a sticky wicket: Delegates continue to be stumped by inadequate draft deep-sea mining regulations – 30/3/22 

28 Mar 2022

MEDIA UPDATE

For release 28.3.22 – Kingston Jamaica

Negotiations will continue this week which could open the deep sea to a new frontier of destructive industrial extraction.

The meeting of the Council of the International Seabed Authority (ISA) in Kingston will continue its rush to mine the deep, negotiating new regulations which, if approved and adopted, could give the green light to deep-sea mining as soon as 2023.

Continue reading THE RUSH TO STRIP MINE THE DEEP OCEAN CONTINUES – WEEK TWO AT UN MINING MEETING