Norway has been one of the few countries pushing to open the deep sea to mining.
Public pressure, both in Norway and globally, has forced the newly elected government to pause all exploratory and commercial deep-sea mining in Norwegian waters until at least 2029! This major shift proves that collective pressure works. Your voice matters!
In other good news, the Cook Islands have delayed all deep-sea mining applications until at least 2032. Belgian company DEME’s subsidiary, GSR, is pulling out of the Cook Islands. With major companies like BMW and Samsung refusing deep-sea metals and the business case still unproven, momentum is building, but the fight to stop deep-sea mining is far from over. 💪🏽
Governments are starting to think twice about opening their national waters to destructive deep-sea mining. If you wouldn’t risk your own waters, why risk the High Seas?
We must keep up the pressure to ensure deep-sea mining on the High Seas does not get the green light. How?
- Keep sharing this petition.
- If you run a business, organisation, school, art or cultural centre: endorse our deep-sea mining declaration.
- Support our efforts. Just like every voice matters to stop deep-sea mining, so too does every euro or dollar you can spare!
- Adopt a deep-sea wonder and get your adoption today!
Thank you for helping secure the next win for our ocean!
- Farah Obaidullah, Ocean Advocate, Founder of The Ocean and Us, Women4Oceans and editor of the book The Ocean and Us 💙 🌏 🕊️