Please find below a summary of news and related items for this week, under the following categories:
Country-Specific news
Mixed News
Tools and Research
Country-Specific news
Papua New Guinea - Call For PNG Seabed Mining Licences To Be Cancelled
Groups Opposed To Sea Bed Mining In Papua New Guinea Want The Government To Cancel Licences…
Solomon Islands - Israel Offers Help With Solomon Islands Oil Spill
Israel Is Offering To Send Five Experts To The Rennell Islands In Solomon Islands Who Are Trained To…
Cook Islands - Wigmore At Food Biodiversity Talks
Ministry Of Agriculture’s Director For Crop Research William Wigmore Launched The State Of The World’s Biodiversity For Food…
Mixed News
Can A ‘Mining Code’ Make Deep Seabed Extraction Sustainable?
Deep Seabed Mining Has The Potential To Provide Us With Long-Term Socio-Economic Benefits. The Question Is…
A Troubling Discovery In The Deepest Ocean Trenches
In The Mariana Trench, The Lowest Point In Any Ocean, Every Tiny Animal Tested Had Plastic…
Tools and Research
Protection For High Seas Is Crucial To Safeguarding Vulnerable Coastal Communities—New Research
Key Areas Of The Indian Ocean, Bay Of Bengal And The Pacific Should Be Designated Protected Areas In Order…
Potential Effects Of Deep Seabed Mining On Pelagic And Benthopelagic Biota
Environmental Concerns Were Raised From The Very Onset Of Discussions Concerning The Extraction Of Metalliferous Ores From The Deep Sea…
Existing Environmental Management Approaches Relevant To Deep-Sea Mining
The DSM Industry And Its Regulators Have The Potential To Select And Optimize Recognised And Documented Effective Practices…
How (And Why) To Stay Optimistic When It Feels Like The Environment Is Falling Apart
Humans Love Optimism. It’s A No-Brainer – Optimism Makes Us Feel Good And Wanting More…
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