The Pacific Blue Line
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PEACE UNDER-SEA SIEGE: HOW ‘DEFENSE’ CRITICAL MINERALS COULD PULL THE TRIGGER TO MINE THE OCEAN FLOOR?
In this policy brief we shift the spotlight from the framing of critical minerals for energy security to the more recent aggressive promotion of critical minerals for ‘national security’ and ‘defense’ imperatives in the context of escalating geo political tensions driven by Western powers.
​DEEP-SEA MINING ISSUE BRIEF
In 2020, the nation of Nauru triggered (though contentiously) a two-year rule under the 1994 Implementing Agreement, which initiated a rush for the International Seabed Authority (ISA, or Authority) to finalize regulations that will allow exploitation of the sea-bed, or deep-sea mining (DSM), within two years.
A Call for Pacific Island Governments to support a Moratorium on Deep Sea Mining (DSM) in the Area – Focusing on the Clarion-Clipperton Zone (CCZ)
This briefing paper argues that the risks of DSM outweigh any potential benefits, particularly when it comes to protecting the environment, ecosystem services, local communities, cultural values and key existing economic resources in the region.
Canada’s Extraterritorial Obligations: Canadian Companies and Deep Seabed Mining
Ahead of Canada’s review at the 89th Session of Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW), Development Alternatives with Women for a New Era (DAWN) and Pacific Network on Globalisation (PANG) present a shadow report raising urgent questions about corporate responsibility, human rights, and Canada’s international obligations.