deep-sea mining

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

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).

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

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.

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