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Cook islands

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

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

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

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

Cook Island Lagoon resort causeway still under investigation

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

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

The Nature Conservancy’s role in the government move to reopen an ocean reserve to industria
Deep sea mining

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

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

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

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