November 2017

The State of the Environment for Oceania report is a voice from Oceania highlighting what is happening to our common home, and the actions and responses required to protect it for the poor and future generations...

Seabed mining is a deep concern to many throughout the Pacific, as community leaders...raise their voice in Papua New Guinea, Kiribati and elsewhere. Plans proceed for the world’s first commercial deep sea mine in Papua New Guinea, while Aotearoa New Zealand approves its first seabed mining project – for ironsands. New exploration agreements are made around the Cook Islands and in Pacific international waters...