EPISODE · Nov 19, 2017
Out of our depth: deep sea mining in Papua New Guinea - episode 1
from Earth Matters · host Presenter: Gem Romuld. Guests: Jenny Jack, Godfrey Abage, Natalie Lowrey, Retired Colonel William Bartley, Lorena Morea.
It’s a race to the bottom of the sea on the frontier of extractive industries: experimental deep sea mining.Canadian company Nautilus Minerals is planning to mine a hydrothermal vent 1500m underwater: Solwara 1 in the Bismarck Sea. This sea is ringed by islands and coastal communities that depend upon it, in a country that has already seen the worst of land-based mining.Surrounding communities, led by the Alliance of the Solwara Warriors, are calling for a ban on deep sea mining.This is part 1 of 2.Website: Deep Sea Mining campaign
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It’s a race to the bottom of the sea on the frontier of extractive industries: experimental deep sea mining.Canadian company Nautilus Minerals is planning to mine a hydrothermal vent 1500m underwater: Solwara 1 in the Bismarck Sea. This sea is ringed by islands and coastal communities that depend upon it, in a country that has already seen the worst of land-based mining.Surrounding communities, led by the Alliance of the Solwara Warriors, are calling for a ban on deep sea mining.This is part 1 of 2.Website: Deep Sea Mining campaign
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