PNG PM Marape rejects deep-sea mining even as provincial authorities try to revive project

Mongabay
Jun 16, 2025, 5:20 am99 pts
This story was supported by the Pulitzer Center’s Ocean Reporting Network, where Elizabeth Claire Alberts is a fellow. NICE, France — James Marape, the prime minister of Papua New Guinea, voiced his government’s rejection of seabed mining at the 2025 United Nations Ocean Conference that took place between…

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