Mining activities are not supposed to begin before negotiators adopt a mining code, already under discussion for nearly a decade. But impatience is growing. Read more at straitstimes.com.
UNITED NATIONS - The prospect of large-scale mining to extract valuable minerals from the depths of the Pacific Ocean, once a distant vision, has grown more real,
But conservation groups say the ISA has two glaringly contradictory missions: protecting the sea floors under the high seas while organising the activities of industries eager to mine untapped resources on the ocean floor. Mining activities are not supposed to begin before negotiators adopt a mining code, already under discussion for nearly a decade.But the small Pacific island nation of Nauru, impatient with the plodding pace of progress, made waves in June 2021 by invoking a clause allowing it to demand relevant rules be adopted within two years.
Nauru has offered what it called a “good faith” promise to hold off until after an ISA assembly in July, in hopes it will adopt a mining code.
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