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"Environmental Groups Reject Deep-Sea Mining As Key UN Meeting Looms"

"SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Environmental groups on Wednesday urged a moratorium on deep-sea mining ahead of a meeting in Jamaica of a U.N. body that conservationists fear will soon authorize the world’s first license to harvest minerals from the ocean floor.

More than 20 countries have called for a ban or moratorium on deep-sea mining ahead of Monday’s opening of a nearly two-week meeting of the U.N. International Seabed Authority’s council. Companies including Samsung and BMW also have pledged to avoid using minerals mined from the deep sea.

“Sea mining is one of the key environmental issues of our time, and this is because the deep sea is among the last pristine areas of our planet,” said Sofia Tsenikli, from the Deep Sea Conservation Coalition, a Netherlands-based alliance of environmental groups."

Dánica Coto reports for the Associated Press October 25, 2023.

 

Source: AP, 10/27/2023