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Cook Islands hosts international workshop on seabed environmental management and monitoring
Cook Islands hosts international workshop on seabed environmental management and monitoring

The Cook Islands recently hosted an international workshop on deep seabed (SBM) environmental management and monitoring from 26 to 29 July 2021, with over 120 virtual and local participants.

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Dede MingiThe Abyssal Initiative Project, Seabed Environmental Management, Monitoring Seabed Area, Cook islands, Rarotonga, ISA, UNDESA, NORAD, EMMW JULY 2021, SBMA, CIIC General Manager Eusenio Fatialofa, SBMA GIS Officer Rima Browne, Cook Islands Natural Heritage Trust, Gerald McCormack, SBMA Commissioner, Alex Herman, Cook Islands Prime Minister, Mark Brown, ISA SG H.E. Michael Lodge
Will nodule mining impact animals that live on the ocean floor?
Will nodule mining impact animals that live on the ocean floor?

A closer look at the potential impact of nodule mining on the megafauna associated with nodules in the Cook Islands EEZ from Penrhyn southward to Aitutaki and Palmerston. By Gerald McCormack, Director of the Cook Islands Natural Heritage Trust.

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CI NEWSDede MingiCISBMA, SBMA, Cook Islands, Rarotonga, Gerald McCormack, Cook Islands EEZ, Exclusive Economic Zone, Penrhyn, Cook Islands Natural Heritage Trust, Nodules, Seabed Mining, Impact, Biodiversity, Ocean Floor, Megafauna, Nodule Density, SPB Nodules, Benthic Megafauna Distribution