Garment printing campaign raises awareness against deep-sea mining

The upcoming “Sail Out Rally”, calling for a precautionary pause on deep sea mining, is gaining momentum with a “printing for the protection of our ocean” campaign at the Punanga Nui Market.

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

New voyage for Cook Is exploration of deep-sea nodules

More deep sea research will be undertaken in Cook Island waters and Cook Islanders are right at the forefront of this next research survey. The team will be departing Rarotonga shores this December.

Rima Browne14 December 2019Ocean Minerals Limited, Hans Smit, Reboama Samuel, Charlee McLean, Anna Glassie, Sam Napa, Junior Tapoki, Te Ipukarea Society, Voyaging Society, Israel Miles, cook islands seabed minerals, Cook Islands, CI EEZ, Exploration, Deep sea research

More deep-sea research in Cook Island waters

More deep sea research is to be undertaken in Cook Island waters before the end of the 2019 year. Another company, Ocean Minerals Ltd (OML) who have reserved areas in the CI EEZ will be conducting similar research to that undertaken earlier this year. In addition OML will also collect biological samples from the sediment as well as conductivity, temperature and depth data. Cook Islanders will again be heavily involved in this upcoming research survey.

Rima Browne6 December 2019cook islands seabed minerals, deep sea, Deep sea research, Anna Glassie, Paul Lynch, Seabed Minerals Authority, Te Ipukarea Society, Taio Shipping, MV Grinna

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