“Courts have concluded that the #PrecautionaryPrinciple must be respected when there is scientific uncertainty about how to effectively prevent significant or irreversible harm to the environment and to human health of present and future generations, as in the case of #DeepSeabedMining"
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Financialization, indigenous resistance and the case of deep-sea mining in American Samoa In this research, we draw on indigenous Pacific Studies and financialization theory to analyse a case of proposed deep-seabed mining (DSM) in American Samoa. Wh

Sharing a preprint on the financialization of the ocean, and proposed deep seabed mining in American Samoa. #DSM #criticalminerals #deepseabedmining #indigenous #Samoa papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

He's been called Australia's Elon Musk. This is his 'trillion-dollar' plan He has the chic of a Silicon Valley tech bro and a clean energy pitch for investors, but will Gerard Barron's deep-sea mining dream do more harm than good?

🌊🦑🐋 #abcnews
Stop giving this menace media space & time! The better stories are about the amazing organisations, communities & individuals working to bring the ecological and cultural risks of deep seabed mining into the light.
#DeepSeabedMining
#OceanJustice

www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09...

#deepcurrentscollective
#oceanjustice
#multibeing
#deepseabedmining
#ocean

Incredible turnout for “Our Collective Seabed" panel & exhibition at the National Gallery of Jamaica
A side event at #ISBA30 organized by intl. group, the Deep Currents Collective.
Photo credit: Earth Negotiation Bulletin
#OceanJustice #DeepSeabedMining
#SeabedCulture #UNCLOS #Jamaica #Extractivism

From Mare Liberum to Make America Great Again

Trump’s 2025 executive order on seabed mining may look like a break from international consensus — but is it? Henrique Marcos traces the deep legal roots of ocean grabbing from Hugo Grotius to Donald Trump.
#DeepSeabedMining, #LegalImagination, #USA
voelkerrechtsblog.org/from-mare-li...

#ISA30
#OceanJustice
#deepseabedmining
#bandeepseamining
#multibeing
#ocean
#bandeepseamining
#multibeing
#oceanemergency

Sad but preductable.

An analysis of why we do not need (nor does @norwaymfa.government.no, btw) #deepseabedmining from @economist.com is here:

impact.economist.com/ocean/sustai...

@elizkolbert.bsky.social @janegoodallcan.bsky.social
@wwf.eu

Unfortunately full of ecotox stuff and #DeepSeabedMining 🫣.

Deep Sea Mining: An Obsolete and Absurd Gamble in a New Battery Age

ICYMI #DSM #deepseabedmining "larger markets such as the United States can effectively mitigate foreign dependence without resorting to spectacularly expensive, technically untried at scale, and environmentally destructive seafloor mining operations." www.innovationzero.com/zeroin/deep-...

WWF-Norwegen geht gerichtlich gegen die Regierung vor, weil sie Gebiete für #DeepSeabedMining geöffnet hat und begründet dies mit unzureichender Folgenabschätzung. CEO @Karoline_Andaur sagt, die Qualität des impact assessment sei so schlecht, dass es illegal ist.
#DefendTheDeep #ThinkDeeply