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:

Seabed mining workshop to focus on environmental management

LOCAL government officials, traditional leaders, and non-governmental organisations have been invited to a four-day virtual seabed mining workshop next week that aims to focus on environmental management and monitoring aspects of operating in the deep sea.

Cooks to continue support of UN seabed mining process

PRIME Minister Mark Brown said: “This will help provide Government with the vital data and information it needs about our deep sea marine environment and the potential impacts of mining to make an informed decision about whether to proceed any further.

CI NEWSDede Mingi3 July 2021SBMA, Cook Islands, Rarotonga, Polymetallic Nodules, Cobalt, Seabed Mining

Transition to low-carbon economy

COOK Islands can play a major role in supporting the global transition to a low-carbon economy, says Prime Minister Mark Brown. Speaking at the 26th Cobalt Conference hosted virtually by the Cobalt Institute from May 18 and 19.

Our future inheritance –‘claim it or lose it’

We have struggled much, learned much, survived through many different phases of socio-economic changes and though still confronting economic challenges and downturns throughout our traditional, religious and political history, writes Bishop Tutai Pere in this week's Church Talk column.

CI NEWSDede Mingi7 May 2021Bishop Tutai Pere, Seabed Minerals Authority, Nodules

PM unveils food security initiative on Mitiaro

During his official visit to Nukuroa last week, Prime Minister Mark Brown opened the Mitiaro Agriculture Hydroponics station, a facility with a 400-plant capacity.

OPINION: Demos keeping it slow and steady on seabed mining

"Keeping our position fluid certainly does not translate to a full-blown agreement with how the government is proceeding with its seabed mining exploration and potential mining," writes Democratic Party Opposition Leader Tina Pupuke Browne.

CI NEWSDede Mingi13 April 2021Opinion, Seabed Mining, Cook Islands, Rarotonga

Letter: Key questions on seabed mining

Dear Editor, The Seabed Minerals Commissioner’s letter on Monday (March 22) didn’t answer the question of what potential risks to the environment from mining were presented to communities in the pa enua.

Demos reject calls for decade-long ban on seabed mining in policy flip

Following a recent public consultation in the northern group and an internal policy review, the Opposition Democratic Party has come out against a ten-year moratorium on seabed mining.

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