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Porgera mine

Gold miner faces global protests as it rekindles a mine with a violent legacy


1-May-2023
Three years after the Papua New Guinea government refused to renew its license, the Porg
NES

Cook Island unveils new online process planned for CITES applications


14-Apr-2023

Permits for Movement or Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) can now be requested on-line from the

Court House

Fiji Environmental Law update: High Court upholds Environment Management Act, 2005 and requirement for EIAs


14-Apr-2023

In a significant case law development relating to the illegal destruction of mangrove, coral reef

PM Brown

PM Brown presents on Cook Islands seabed minerals in Washington DC


13-Apr-2023

Prime Minister & Minister for Seabed Minerals, Hon.

Graphical abstract

Scientists call for coordinated global effort to assess the full environmental impacts of tritium


13-Apr-2023

Scientists have called for a coordinated international effort to fully assess the environmental i

Cook Islands. Photo: Dozier Marc / hemis.fr / Hemis via AFP

Crucial date looms for deep-sea mining in the Pacific, but is the world ready?


7-Apr-2023

As a crucial deadline looms for a new frontier of mining in the deep Pacific Ocean, Pacific Islan

National Environment Service director Halatoa Fua. MARAE MOANA/23040238

Cook Islands pressing ahead with environment policy


3-Apr-2023

The Cook Island National Environment Policy is a 35-page document that, in a nutshell, is a polic

TMC

Study shows seafloor cobalt, nickel mining dramatically lowers battery metals environmental impact


2-Apr-2023

The Metals Company (TMC) on Tuesday released the results of a lifecycle assessment of the environ

The Metals Company

UN to start taking deep-sea mining applications this July


1-Apr-2023

The International Seabed Authority will start accepting applications in July from companies that