{"id":132744,"date":"2024-08-01T07:35:07","date_gmt":"2024-08-01T04:35:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/news\/european-ngos-call-for-more-debate-on-deep-sea-mining\/"},"modified":"2024-08-01T07:35:07","modified_gmt":"2024-08-01T04:35:07","slug":"european-ngos-call-for-more-debate-on-deep-sea-mining","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/news\/european-ngos-call-for-more-debate-on-deep-sea-mining\/","title":{"rendered":"European NGOs call for more debate on deep-sea mining"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mp_wrapper\">\n  <div class=\"mepr-unauthorized-message\">\n    <p>You are unauthorized to view this page.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n  <div class=\"mepr-login-form-wrap\">\n            \n<div class=\"mp_wrapper mp_login_form\">\n                  <!-- mp-login-form-start -->     <form name=\"mepr_loginform\" id=\"mepr_loginform\" class=\"mepr-form\" action=\"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/login-2\/\" method=\"post\" data-trp-original-action=\"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/login-2\/\">\n            <div class=\"mp-form-row mepr_username\">\n        <div class=\"mp-form-label\">\n                              <label for=\"user_login\">Username<\/label>\n        <\/div>\n        <input type=\"text\" name=\"log\" id=\"user_login\" value=\"\" \/>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"mp-form-row mepr_password\">\n        <div class=\"mp-form-label\">\n          <label for=\"user_pass\">Password<\/label>\n          <div class=\"mp-hide-pw\">\n            <input type=\"password\" name=\"pwd\" id=\"user_pass\" value=\"\" \/>\n            <button type=\"button\" class=\"button mp-hide-pw hide-if-no-js\" data-toggle=\"0\" aria-label=\"Show password\">\n              <span class=\"dashicons dashicons-visibility\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n            <\/button>\n          <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n            <div>\n        <label><input name=\"rememberme\" type=\"checkbox\" id=\"rememberme\" value=\"forever\" \/> Remember Me<\/label>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"mp-spacer\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n      <div class=\"submit\">\n        <input type=\"submit\" name=\"wp-submit\" id=\"wp-submit\" class=\"button-primary mepr-share-button\" value=\"Log In\" \/>\n        <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"redirect_to\" value=\"\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132744\" \/>\n        <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"mepr_process_login_form\" value=\"true\" \/>\n        <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"mepr_is_login_page\" value=\"false\" \/>\n      <\/div>\n    <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"trp-form-language\" value=\"en\"\/><\/form>\n    <div class=\"mp-spacer\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n    <div class=\"mepr-login-actions\">\n        <a\n          href=\"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/login-2\/?action=forgot_password\"\n          title=\"Click here to reset your password\"\n        >\n          Forgot Password        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n\n      \n    <!-- mp-login-form-end --> \n  <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"smart_content_wrapper\">\nThree European non-governmental organizations (NGOs) commissioned an Ipsos survey in Belgium, Poland and Italy to promote debate on the risks of deep-sea mining. Environmental activists are concerned about intensive efforts to pass rules that will govern future commercial deep-sea mining of minerals and metals in international waters. Since July 15, the International Seabed Authority (ISA) &#8211; an organisation created within the framework of the United Nations in 1994 &#8211; has been conducting negotiations during meetings of its governing bodies in Jamaica. That&#8217;s why three European NGOs (WeMove Europe,<\/p>\n<p>Seas At Risk and the Deep Sea Conservation Coalition) commissioned an Ipsos survey, carried out in Belgium, Poland and Italy, with a sample of 3,000 people. Of these, 56% oppose deep-sea mining and support a temporary ban on this new industry. Another 33% approve of mining if the damage is limited, 7% have no opinion and only 4% support mining without reserves.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Scientists warn us that we need more time to better understand the seabed,&#8221; said Rachel Walker-Konno, campaigner at WeMove Europe, in an interview with Euronews.&#8221;Just last week a discovery was made about polymetallic nodules &#8211; the rocks that contain the minerals that mining companies aim to extract &#8211; which reveals that they produce oxygen. This has completely changed what we know about how oxygen is produced, because this happens in the depths of the sea, without sunlight,&#8221; she added.<\/p>\n<p>Scientists have warned that we need to know more about possible impacts on ecosystems, fish populations and the ocean&#8217;s ability to sequester and store carbon dioxide.So far, only 31 countries in the world support either a ban, moratorium or preventive pause, of which 10 are members of the European Union. France is the only member state calling for a ban. A pause until there is more data is defended by Denmark, Sweden, Finland, Germany, Portugal, Spain, Ireland, Greece and Malta.<\/p>\n<p>Two years ago, the European Commission advocated, in a &#8220;Joint Communication on the EU Agenda for International Ocean Governance&#8221;, for a ban until further evidence is produced that it can be carried out safely. The document argues that mining should only occur when &#8220;scientific gaps are adequately filled&#8221; and when there is certainty that &#8220;no harmful effects will arise&#8221; and that &#8220;the marine environment will be effectively protected.\u201d Over the past year, dozens of global financial institutions, companies in fishing, technology and automobile manufacturing sectors have joined scientists and indigenous groups in calling for a halt to deep-sea mining.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2024\/07\/31\/european-ngos-call-for-more-debate-on-deep-sea-mining\">Read more&gt;&gt;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2024\/07\/31\/european-ngos-call-for-more-debate-on-deep-sea-mining\">Euronews<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/vastuullisuusuutiset.fi\/fi\/csr-news-en\/european-ngos-call-for-more-debate-on-deep-sea-mining\/\">European NGOs call for more debate on deep-sea mining<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/vastuullisuusuutiset.fi\/fi\">Vastuullisuusuutiset.fi<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[555,3134,2558],"class_list":["post-132744","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-csr-news-en","tag-deep-sea","tag-mining"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132744","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=132744"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132744\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=132744"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=132744"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=132744"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}