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Porgera mine

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

Three years after the Papua New Guinea government refused to renew its license, the Po
NES

Cook Island unveils new online process planned for CITES applications

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

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

Prime Minister & Minister for Seabed Minerals, Hon.
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Scientists call for coordinated global effort to assess the full environmental impacts of tritium

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?

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

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

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

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