#Environmental campaigners say #SeabedMining could have a #catastrophic impact on #marine #ecosystems & should be delayed at least until the #ocean environment is better understood & proper safeguards are in place.
TMC said on Tuesday that its subsidiary, Nauru Ocean Resources Inc. (NORI), intended to submit an application to the International Seabed Authority (ISA) after global regulator meets in July next year.

https://www.reuters.com/markets/commodities/canadas-tmc-says-it-will-apply-seabed-mining-licence-2024-2023-08-03

#StopEcocide #ClimateChange #CorporateGreed #GreedKills

The #deepsea is estimated to contain billions of tons of nickel, #cobalt, manganese and other minerals ... seen as essential for a transition to a #green terrestrial economy, for use in #electricCars, #windfarms

Massive machines will scour the ocean bed ... destroying everything in their path and creating sediment plumes that can suffocate coral reefs... will damage the ocean’s ability to act as a carbon sink, accelerating global warming. ... could contain radioactive substances #seaBedMining

Over 5,000 New Deep-Sea Species Found in Future Mining Hotspot
https://www.treehugger.com/5000-new-deep-sea-species-found-future-mining-hotspot-7504578

#deepSeaMining #seaBedMining #seaFloorMining #deadEnd

"Is it too late to halt deep-sea mining? Meet the activists trying to save the seabed - If mining companies are given the go-ahead to exploit the ocean depths, the environmental cost will be devastating. As the clock ticks down to a crucial deadline in July, Michael Segalov (Guardian) reports"

"For almost 30 years, much of what went on at the secretive-sounding International Seabed Authority (ISA) in Jamaica was unreported and scarcely noticed ... There have been allegations of secrecy and interference against its governing body and of legal loopholes being exploited. After discussions chugged along quietly for decades, a growing community of campaigners, scientists and now governments are raising an urgent alarm about what’s happening within these walls. They argue that unless immediate action is taken, it might be too late to halt the devastating environmental and ecological impact of mining the global high seas. Their warning is simple: humanity’s insatiable appetite to plunder the planet for profit might mean some of the Earth’s most untouched corners are exploited before we even understand what it is we risk losing. As Louisa Casson, who is leading Greenpeace’s global campaign to stop deep-sea mining, puts it: “It’s a threat, continental in scale, that until recently nobody was even talking about ...
Regardless, due to a quirk in an ageing international treaty, deep-sea mining might happen in a matter of months after the pulling of a legal lever by a Canadian-owned company and the government of Nauru."

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/may/21/is-it-too-late-to-halt-deep-sea-mining-the-activists-trying-to-save-the-seabed

#Seabed #SeabedMining #UnderseaMining #Mining #Oceans #Environment #Greenpeace #Aotearoa #NewZealand #Capitalism #Profit #Environmental #Jamaica #ISA #Earth #Minerals #Chile #CostaRica #Ecuador #Spain #France #Canada #Nauru

#SeabedMining is a new threat to the oceans. Now is our chance to prevent the destruction before it’s too late.

So far, environmentalists, iwi and community groups have stopped the first large-scale seabed mine from getting underway here in #Aotearoa.

But the floodgates could be about to open. Right now, mining companies are exploring the deep sea of the #Pacific, and still have their sights set on the seabed off the #TaranakiCoast.

https://petition.act.greenpeace.org.nz/oceans-ban-seabed-mining?qs=3d351dde7b575cadfefe83d55c9bfa7a4e38dda3cdd44f0008b4de67d3382bac34b045ca2d2c0a52f37e00c038dd02130906f71c24d9e100dd13faf2b6a0b91b64cf81c698252f124d0419fa7decb935c38c2412d9844f9102d320b6c063b313b72f3e67d84c2793&utm_campaign=Oceans&utm_term=rg&j=136021&sfmc_sub=37035550&l=1052_HTML&u=3019230&mid=514004893&jb=1002&utm_medium=email&utm_source=email-list&utm_content=Oceans+-+Deep+sea+mining+bill+update+-+23+May+non-signers&j=136021&sfmc_sub=37035550&jb=1002

#ProtectTheOceans #SaveOurSeas

🔗 https://www.passblue.com/2023/01/02/opposition-grows-among-countries-as-seabed-mining-efforts-push-ahead/
Opposition Grows Among Countries as Seabed-Mining Efforts Push Ahead
by Maurizio Guerrero

At least a dozen United Nations member states, along with Latin American and Caribbean countries, oppose a plan by a global body to issue the first-ever license to a nation to explore minerals in the deep seabed in 2023.

#climatechange #globalwarming #seabedmining #untreaties
#UN #unitednations #seabed #mining #lawofthesea #chile #minerals

A new study by highlights that shallow #SeabedMining undermines global sustainability goals and more discussion and debate on the impacts are needed

#NoSeabedMining #BanSeabedMining

https://t.co/jwByJyRgJw

@bobkopp @aarnegranlund I strongly sense, but can't confirm, that quite a few journalists & other engaged folks check in for my perspective on contested issues (#seabedmining without publicly flagging. Example: A tweet asking which green NGOs acknowledge the tradeoff reality around sourcing critical materials at sea or on land: https://twitter.com/Revkin/status/1549953759895330821 Substantial "silent" engagement. I value that more than virtue-signal likes.