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Letter to the Editor: ‘Barking up the wrong tree’

Dear Editor, very lately and surprisingly our news media has been bombarded with a stronger and incorporate voice calling for a moratorium against any seabed mining.

CI NEWSDede Mingi20 December 2022Cook Islands Seabed Minerals Authority, Rarotonga, Cook Islands News, Letter to the Editor, Polymetallic Nodules, Deep Sea Activities, Deep sea research, Exploration

Govt ‘only allowing exploration’

Dear Editor, The recent IUCN call for a moratorium on seabed minerals activities (SBM) highlights the shared concerns of the Government and civil society organisations such as IUCN and Te Ipukarea Society:

CI NEWSDede Mingi20 September 2021Letter to the Editor, IUCN Moratorium, SBMA, Te Ipukarea Society, Seabed Minerals Commissioner, Alex Herman, Cook Islands, Rarotonga

Letter: Key questions on seabed mining

Dear Editor, The Seabed Minerals Commissioner’s letter on Monday (March 22) didn’t answer the question of what potential risks to the environment from mining were presented to communities in the pa enua.

CI NEWSDede Mingi30 March 2021Seabed Minerals Authority, SBMA, Seabed Minerals Commissioner, Alex Herman, Letter to the Editor, Opinion, Deep sea research, Seabed Exploration, Cook islands, Rarotonga

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