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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.

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.

Manganese or polymetallic nodule mining

OPINION: Precautionary principle and best practise should be rigorously applied when dealing with deep sea mining, and this is what local discussion should focus on.

CI NEWSDede Mingi20 October 2020Gerald McCormack, Cook Islands Natural Heritage Trust, Seabed Minerals Authority, seabed minerals, Seabed Exploration, Manganese, Polymetallic Nodules

Gerald McCormack: Deep sea dilemma: More scientific information required

There is nothing to lose by giving out a few exploratory licenses, and much to gain in terms of knowledge on whether or not to go forward to actual mining.

CI NEWSRima Browne22 September 2020Gerald McCormack, seabed minerals, seabed minerals exploration, cook islands seabed minerals

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