DSCC made a statement to the Aarhus Convention Working Group on Public Participation in International Forums, which resolved as follows:
Please find the DSCC’s written submissions to the United Nations Ocean Conference below.
Available in English
Read the DSCC’s briefing on why a moratorium on deep-sea mining is critical and how it can be achieved below.
Available in English
The DSCC together with Greenpeace, Bloom and France Nature Environment have called on Barbara Pompili, Minister of the Ecological Transition to support calls for a moratorium on deep-sea mining at the upcoming meeting of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD/SBSTTA/24).
The Deep Sea Conservation Coalition’s (DSCC) 2021 Report informs on Fisheries, Deep Seabed Mining and Ocean Governance.
Available in English.
DSCC Briefing 26th ISA December Council Meeting | December 2021
Earthworks Intervention on Agenda items 9 and 10: Annual report of the Secretary-General (ISBA/26/A/2, and ISBA/26/A/2/Add.1) and Report on the implementation of the strategic plan and high-level action plan (ISBA/26/A/8-ISBA/26/C/23 and ISBA/26/A/9)| December 14, 2021 (Assembly Day 2)
On Agenda item 9: Annual report of the Secretary-General (ISBA/26/A/2, and ISBA/26/A/2/Add.1)| December 14, 2021 (Assembly Day 2)
On Agenda item 8: Statement by the President of the Council on the Work of the Council | December 13, 2021 (Assembly Day 1)
Earthworks Intervention on Agenda item 13: Regional Environmental Management Plans (REMPs) | December 9, 2021
On Agenda item 13: Report of the Chair of the LTC (morning) | December 9, 2021
On Agenda item 13: Regional Environmental Management Plans (REMPs) | December 9, 2021
Earthworks Intervention Agenda item 14: Report of the Finance Committee | December 8, 2021
On Agenda item 14: Report of the Finance Committee | December 8, 2021
Earthworks Intervention on Agenda item 12: Draft Regulations for the exploitation of resources in the Area (Roadmap) | December 7, 2021
On Agenda item 12: Draft Regulations for the exploitation of resources in the Area (Roadmap) | December 7, 2021
On Agenda item 11: Report of the Secretary-General ISBA/26/A/8-ISBA/26/C/23 on the implementation of the decision of the Council in 2019 relating to the reports of the Chair of the Legal and Technical Commission | December 6, 2021
On Agenda item 8: Status of contracts for exploration and related matters (periodic reviews and relinquishments) | December 6, 2021
On Agenda item 11: Implementation of the decision of the Council in 2019 relating to the reports of the Chair of the Legal and Technical Commission (ISBA/26/C/3)
The DSCC have written to the ISA Secretary General, the LTC and Council members. highlighting concerns surrounding the NORI environmental impact assessment, asking that:
(1) The EIS not progress and request that it be withdrawn for its complete lack of – indeed the absence of even an attempt to include – the critical environmental baseline
(2) to express our serious concerns with the procedural shortcomings of the public consultation undertaken.
Read the letter here
Deep-sea mining is out of step with the direction the world is taking, as leaders across both
public and private sectors seek nature-based solutions to the climate and biodiversity crises.
However, alternatives to this destructive industry are within reach.
The Deep Sea Conservation Coalition’s (DSCC) 2020 Report informs on Fisheries, Deep Seabed Mining and Ocean Governance.
