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37 complaints to the Cook Island National Environment Service spark environmental action


16-Feb-2024
The National Environment Service (NES) received 37 complaints between 2022 and 2023 regarding en
Aitutaki, Cook Islands

Deep sea mining: The controversial practice causing a growing rift drifting towards New Zealand


12-Feb-2024

Bright orange, 61m long, and 16m wide, the Anuanua Moana jars against the crystal blue waters of

Deep sea mining

‘Litigation terrorism’: the obscure tool that corporations are using against green laws


12-Feb-2024

What do you get if you cross the planet’s richest 

Cook islands

Cook Island Lagoon resort causeway still under investigation


12-Feb-2024
National Environment Service staffers appear to be taking their time in delivering an assessment
Deep sea mining

How a US mining firm sued Mexico for billions – for trying to protect its own seabed


1-Feb-2024

Local fishers helped halt underwater mining off Baja California’s coast in 2018.

Palau

The US Environmental Group Behind Palau’s Plan to Shrink Its Massive Marine Sanctuary


19-Jan-2024

The Nature Conservancy’s role in the government move to reopen an ocean reserve to industrial fis

Deep sea mining

What Does Norway’s Approval of Deep-Sea Mining Mean for the Rest of the World?


18-Jan-2024

Norway recently approved deep-sea mining activities for the recovery of critical minerals, becomi

IUCN

Impact assessments on World Heritage strengthened through trilateral cooperation with UNESCO and NCEA


17-Jan-2024

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), the International

PNG Snails

Nine new snail species discovered in Papua New Guinea, a biodiversity hot spot at risk


16-Jan-2024

Nine new species of carnivorous land snails have been found in the remote forests of Papua New Gu