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The gathering of scientific data and information will help improve our understanding of the biodiversity of the deep sea ecosystems and functions, and assist decision-makers in identifying the best measures to safeguard the marine environment. This, PIANGO and the Authority agree on.
Read MoreMinister Brown’s response to Jacqui Evans’s letter to the editor, refuting suggestions that the government is communicating false information to its people.
Read More“Government and civil society actually want the same thing – information. Although we need to make decisions based on science not speculation,” says Deputy Prime Minister Mark Brown in response to calls for a moratorium on seabed minerals activity by international and local NGOs.
Read MoreNew Seabed Minerals Commissioner Alex Herman is a proud Cook Island vaine with a determination to contribute to her country. She has a tough job ahead of her to not just develop a sustainable seabed mining programme – but to persuade the nation of its merits.
Read MoreOPINION: Deep-sea minerals aren’t all the same, and the tools used to harvest them are very different from one corner of the ocean to another. In Cook Islands, the focus is on environmental and economic sustainability – and that sets it apart from more harmful seabed mining practices, contends new Seabed Minerals Commissioner Alex Herman.
Read MoreRead about the exciting research survey conducted in Cook Island waters. Cook Islanders were front and center with all the work going on onboard.
Read MoreSeabed minerals voyage looks at reserve area north of Aitutaki.
Read MoreThe Cook Islands Seabed Minerals Authority welcome Alex Herman as its new Commissioner.
Read MoreMore 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.
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