The International Seabed Authority (ISA) is reconvening at this very moment in Jamaica for a critical session that could define the future of deep-sea mining.
 
🌐 In 2021, Nauru’s application for a deep-sea mining exploration license—backed by The Metals Company—set off a global debate on if we should extract resources from the deep ocean. It also triggered the urgent need for environmental regulations to govern this uncharted frontier. A process that cannot and should not be rushed through.
 
🗓️ Now, in 2025, we stand at a crossroads. The newly appointed ISA Secretary General, Leticia Carvalho, has called for robust regulations and an evidence-based approach while stressing the importance of including diverse voices in these discussions.
 
Yet, despite calls for a moratorium from hundreds of scientists, countless NGOs, over 50 corporations and 32 governments, the push to begin mining continues without sufficient safeguards in place.
 
🌊 Will the ISA step up to protect one of our planet’s last untouched ecosystems—or will profit take precedence over precaution? We’re watching. The world is watching.
What happens next will shape the ocean’s future for generations to come. 
 
👉🏽Join the movement calling for a moratorium on deep-sea mining. Keep sharing this petition! 

If you run a company, organisation, museum, cultural center, business or association then add your voice the #deepseaminingdeclaration today! We will deliver this declaration to the UN Ocean Conference in June. 

Don't sit still. Now more than ever the world needs our collective action! We can't do it alone. Support our work here. 

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Thank you! - Farah Obaidullah, Ocean Advocate, Founder of The Ocean and Us, Women4Oceans and editor of the book The Ocean and Us