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#ISBA29 President suggest an indicative vote first to gauge the strength of the two candidates and make it easier to decide by consensus who will be the next Secretary-General, but Canada and other delegations oppose and call for a formal vote and that results are made public
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#ISBA29 suspended as delegates decide what to do with member states with contributions in arrears
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Discussion on GEP will continue today at #ISBA29, but there’s little hope of consensus. Some delegations have the shortsighted view that you can have a coherent environmental policy for deep-sea mining with fragmented measures scattered across the exploitation RRPs.
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#isba29 assembly discussing whether or not to develop a general environmental policy for the activities in the Area
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#ISBA29 delegates discussed activities of the International Seabed Authority Secretariat as included in the annual report of the Secretary-General
Guatemala, Honduras, and Tuvalu joined the call for a precautionary pause on deep-sea mining
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Council members deliberated into the night at #ISBA29 to decide on next steps in the development of the draft exploitation regulations for #deepseamining and the Finance Committee’s recommendations, including the International Seabed Authority's budget for the next biennium
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#ISBA29 delegates devoted Thursday to discussing reports by the Secretary-General on the work of the Legal and Technical Commission, the Chair of the Finance Committee, and the Interim Director-General of the Enterprise, the commercial arm of the International Seabed Authority
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The protection and preservation of the marine environment from the impacts of #deepseamining took center stage at #ISBA29 Wednesday, with delegates focusing on environmental impact assessments and statements, and environmental monitoring and management
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At #ISBA29 Tuesday, delegates finished the first reading of the consolidated text of the draft exploitation regulations for #deepseamining, focusing on provisions for:
• inspection
• compliance
• enforcement
• dispute settlement
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Monday #ISBA29 talks on the draft exploitation regulations for #deepseamining focused on effective control, which addresses the relationship between a sponsoring state and a non-state contractor, and provisions on inspection, compliance and enforcement
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Cultural considerations linked with potential impacts of #deepseamining held delegates’ attention in thematic talks on underwater cultural heritage at #ISBA29
Work on the draft exploitation regulations went on, including on provisions on confidentiality
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The work of the Legal and Technical Commission took center stage at #ISBA29 talks, with delegates discussing its report on the content of the contractors’ annual reports, regulatory activities, and environmental management planning
#deepseamining
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Delegates at #ISBA29 worked on exploitation regulations for #deepseamining on Tuesday, touching a range of issues from the protection of the marine environment through regional environmental management plans and environmental standards to anti-corruption provisions.
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Delegates at #ISBA29 started work on the draft exploitation regulations for #deepseamining, focusing on:
• training programmes
• insurance requirements
• equalization measures, which aim to provide a level-playing field among contractors
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Environmental externalities, test mining, environmental compensation fund...
New items keep being added to the complex and interlinked group of elements that must be agreed on in the negotiations on exploitation regulations for #deepseamining
Our summary of #ISBA29 is now online.
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On Friday, delegates took stock of progress achieved during the two weeks #ISBA29 talks on the draft exploitation regulations for #deepseamining, noting many unresolved issues.
They planned next steps and organized intersessional work until their July meeting.
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With the #ISA29 talks closing, we want to thank our DOSI ambassadors for their active participation, particularly during discussions on Regional Environmental Management Plans and the delivery of a brilliant evening event. Thank you all.👏
#deepseamining #ISBA29
📷 Earth Negotiations Bulletin
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Great to see our book Treasures of the Deep made an appearance at the #ISBA29 talks.
If you want to read the book yourself, you can find it here💛
👉 www.dosi-project.org/wp-content/u...
📷 Earth Negotiations Bulletin
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Before resuming talks Thursday on the draft exploitation regulations for #deepseamining, #ISBA29 delegates discussed cooperation between the International Seabed Authority and other organizations, and addressed the report of the Chair of the Legal and Technical Commission
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Environmental protection from #deepseamining impacts dominated #ISBA29 talks Wednesday, including:
• environmental impact assessments
• regional environmental management plans
• test mining
Delegates also held a thematic discussion on underwater cultural heritage.
#Ocean #Mining #CriticalMinerals
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Protection and preservation of the marine environment from impacts of #deepseamining is of utmost importance in #ISBA29 talks.
In this light, environmental protection took center stage Tuesday with talks on establishing an environmental compensation fund.
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Institutional matters on effective control (to ensure compliance with the #deepseamining regulations and create a level-playing field for contractors) took center stage Monday at #ISBA29
Delegates also discussed assessment of applications for exploitation, and contractors’ rights and obligations
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Issues of inspection and compliance related to the draft exploitation regulations for #deepseamining took central stage at #ISBA29 Friday morning.
A debate ensued in the afternoon on the right to peaceful protest at sea.
#Ocean #mining #protest
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Brazil says that the compliance organ must be independent of the Legal and Technical Commission and placed under the Council. #ISBA29
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Most of Thursday's #ISBA29 talks on the draft exploitation regulations focused on applications for commercial #DeepSeaMining
Delegates elected Olav Myklebust of Norway as Council President for the 29th annual session, who stressed the importance of 2024 for the International Seabed Authority
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A trend is emerging in the proposals from the delegates to include language from the BBNJ treaty into the DR text. #deepseamining #ISBA29
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Wednesday at #ISBA29 delegates discussed whether and how to incorporate environmental externalities in the payment mechanism of the draft exploitation regulations for #deepseamining
Members also began a full revision of the regulations’ consolidated text
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GBF’s 30x30 target is brought up in the Council meeting of #ISBA29 by Belgium 🇧🇪, that proposes, in general terms, that the 30x30 target should be “well on track” in the High Seas before exploitation starts
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Indigenous peoples representatives rightly point out that externalities valuations must include impacts on cultural heritage #ISBA29
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