UN meeting closes with no moratorium on deep-sea mining; groups lament

Mongabay
Aug 1, 2025, 3:32 pm600 ptsHotTop
Civil groups expressed dismay as the 30th International Seabed Authority (ISA) session recently ended in Jamaica without a moratorium on deep-sea mining, a process of extracting minerals from the seafloor, which experts say can damage marine ecosystems. The ISA Council finished the second reading of the draft…

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