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Te Ipukarea Society: The potential impacts of deep sea mining on global climate change


9-Sep-2023
In the pursuit of valuable minerals and resources, humanity is increasingly turning its attentio
Coral Assessment

Team effort leads to Fiji’s first nationwide assessment of Coral Reefs


4-Sep-2023

The first-ever nationwide assessment of Fiji’s coral reefs has successfully concluded after 9 wee

Waste

Solomon Islands single-use plastic ban regulation to be enforced on 01 September


1-Sep-2023

A regulation to ban single-use plastics in the Solomon Islands will come into force today 01 Sept

Melanesia

Pacific groups welcome deep sea mining moratorium in Melanesia


1-Sep-2023

The Melanesian leaders have imposed a moratorium on deep sea mining within their respective juris

AI

How AI is Enhancing the Accuracy and Efficiency of Environmental Risk Assessments


17-Jul-2023

Artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly transforming various industries, and the field of environ

communities

Mining the sea means mining public support too


17-Jul-2023

Seabed mining is a long way from obtaining a social licence from the people most affected. 

cook islands mining

Te Ipukarea Society: Looking deeper into the International Seabed Authority


17-Jul-2023
Currently, governments from around the world are meeting at the 28th Session of the Internationa
fisheries

Seabed mining could sink the fishing industry


16-Jul-2023

Deep-sea mining could have an irreversible impact on Pacific fish stocks that will be devastating

Deep sea mining

Ocean animals vacate areas both around and outside deep-sea mining operations


14-Jul-2023

In 2020, Japan performed the first successful test extracting cobalt crusts from the top of deep-