DoomsdaysCW<p>The deep sea <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/mining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mining</span></a> industry stalks, while governments talk</p><p>by Maud Oyonarte & Sebastian Losada, 31 March 2023 </p><p>"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. </p><p>"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! </p><p>"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."</p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DeepSeaMining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DeepSeaMining</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Maori" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Maori</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WaterIsLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WaterIsLife</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SaveOurSeas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SaveOurSeas</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LookDown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LookDown</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DefendTheDeep" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DefendTheDeep</span></a> </p><p>Read more:<br><a href="https://www.greenpeace.org/international/story/59047/stop-deep-sea-mining-isa-negotiations-march/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">greenpeace.org/international/s</span><span class="invisible">tory/59047/stop-deep-sea-mining-isa-negotiations-march/</span></a></p>