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Thomas Wynne: What does China want from Cook Islands?

There is a question that rests heavily on my heart – one that goes beyond politics and economics, writes Thomas Tarurongo Wynne.

CI NEWSDede Mingi15 February 2025Cook Islands, Seabed Mining, Manganese Nodule, Deep-Sea Mining, China Relations, Pacific Geopolitics, Trade Agreements, Resource Management, Sovereignty and Self-Determination, Economic Development, Foreign Investments, Trust and Governance, Cook Islands Politics, Cultural Values, Pacific Partnerships

Turning crisis into opportunity?

While Covid-19 appears to have given earth time to heal, some governments are reportedly using the pandemic to hurt conservation efforts across the globe.

CI NEWSDede Mingi11 January 2021Cook Islands Seabed Minerals Authority, Rarotonga, seabed minerals exploration, Deep sea research, Seabed Exploration, Manganese Nodule

Cook Islands Partners to Explore Pacific Bounty

The government of the Cook Islands, through the Cook Islands Investment Corporation (CIIC), entered into an agreement in September with U.S. based Ocean Minerals, LLC (OML) for the exclusive right for up to 18 months to prospect and explore high value polymetallic nodules over approximately 23,000 square kilometers of the Cook Islands Exclusive Economic Zone […]

InternationalDede Mingi27 November 2017Clarion-Clipperton Fracture Zone (CCZ), Cobalt, Cook Islands, Rarotonga, Cook Islands Investment Corporation (CIIC), Cook Islands Seabed Minerals Authority, Copper, Iron, Manganese, Manganese Nodule, Nickel, Ocean Minerals Limited, Penrhyn Basin, Polymetallic Nodules, Rare Earth Minerals

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