- In 2021, the nation of Nauru, with a Canadian mining company, applied to start mining in the common ocean, leaving ISA two years to produce a code and sharing mechanism or step aside. On 9 July, the two years are up #GlobalCarbonFeeAndDividendPetition https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/jul/07/gold-rush-deep-sea-devastation-seabed-oceans 2 comments climate
- The biggest gold rush in history is about to start in the deep sea – leaving devastation in its wake https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/jul/07/gold-rush-deep-sea-devastation-seabed-oceans 2 comments environment
Linked pages
- Deep-Sea Mining and the Race to the Bottom of the Ocean - The Atlantic https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2020/01/20000-feet-under-the-sea/603040/ 76 comments
- https://www.un.org/depts/los/convention_agreements/texts/unclos/unclos_e.pdf 30 comments
- Can Cop15 protect ocean biodiversity from the big fish of the ‘blue economy’? | Guy Standing | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/dec/12/cop15-ocean-biodiversity-blue-economy-corporate-montreal 1 comment
- Is it too late to halt deep-sea mining? Meet the activists trying to save the seabed | Environment | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/may/21/is-it-too-late-to-halt-deep-sea-mining-the-activists-trying-to-save-the-seabed 0 comments