“The law of the sea basically colonized [Pacific peoples’] ocean,” said Frank Murphy, a resident of French Polynesia who ...
Solomon Kahoʻohalahala, a Native Hawaiian activist, speaks out against deep-sea mining during ... disturb the seafloor, or harm its inhabitants. And while many see the Cook Islands’ quest ...
Most Pacific Islands ... The usual mining method is similar to the potato harvest on land, which involves mining a field partitioned into long, narrow strips. A mining support vessel follows the ...
(Courtesy: Solomon Kahoʻohalahala) Mining for polymetallic ... that doesnʻt disturb the seafloor, or harm its inhabitants. And while many see the Cook Islands’ quest for more revenue as ...
Welcome to the Solomon Islands Dollar exchange rate & live currency converter page. The Solomon Islands Dollar (SBD) exchange rates represented on this page are live, updated every minute within ...
Walande is a community of 800 people in the Pacific Island nation of Solomon Islands. From the shore of their current village site, a few wooden posts poking out from the waves are visible at low ...
The International Seabed Authority (ISA) has worked for more than a decade to draw up regulations for a future deep-sea mining ... for seafloor minerals, including Japan, the Cook Islands, Papua ...