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My cartoon in today's @NZStuff & in print The Post & The Waikato Times.
There's literally thousands of reports, investigations, research by worldwide organisations!
The deep sea #mining industry stalks, while governments talk
by Maud Oyonarte & Sebastian Losada, 31 March 2023
"The world is waking up to the significance of the threat from deep sea mining, but governments have squandered a major opportunity to take action at the 28th Session of the International Seabed Authority (ISA). Even after two weeks of negotiation, they failed to reach an agreement to put a clear stop to deep sea mining.
"With no agreed plan to stop the deep sea mining industry from starting this year, the door is left open for the industry to mine the seabed. And that’s unacceptable!
"The past two weeks have seen Indigenous advocates reject deep sea mining, scientific warnings of the risks grow ever stronger, and the longest-standing and biggest corporate backer of the industry call it quits. Despite such clear messages, the negotiations at the Council of the ISA failed to yield concrete results, notably on the most pressing topic at hand: how to ensure that deep sea mining can not be authorized some time soon after July 2023."
#DeepSeaMining #Maori #WaterIsLife #SaveOurSeas #LookDown #DefendTheDeep
Read more:
https://www.greenpeace.org/international/story/59047/stop-deep-sea-mining-isa-negotiations-march/
Greenpeace InternationalThe deep sea mining industry stalks, while governments talk - Greenpeace InternationalThe world is waking up to the significance of the threat from deep sea mining, but governments have squandered a major opportunity to take action at the 28th Session of the International Seabed Authority.
‘We can’t be Māori without the ocean’ — Quack Pirihi, Pacific activist against deep sea mining
Quack Pirihi, 21 March 2023
"Papatūānuku (Earth mother) shows us that they know how to cleanse themselves of mamae (hurt or pain). They know cyclones will wash away homes and they know the extent of flooding. Papatūānuku knows the scale that deep sea mining will have on themselves. Papatuanuku will still remain, but our livelihood, our connection with the whenua (land), can and will change drastically if things continue to be ignored."
#DeepSeaMining #Maori #WaterIsLife #SaveOurSeas #LookDown #DefendTheDeep
Greenpeace International‘We can’t be Māori without the ocean’ — Quack Pirihi, Pacific activist against deep sea mining - Greenpeace InternationalMy name is Quack Pirihi. I am an Aotearoa (New Zealand) activist and campaigner who is part of the Pacific delegation attending the International Seabed Authority (ISA) conference.