{"id":542,"date":"2023-07-25T16:23:33","date_gmt":"2023-07-25T16:23:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/brightpuff.com\/?p=542"},"modified":"2023-07-26T11:14:14","modified_gmt":"2023-07-26T11:14:14","slug":"a-win-for-ocean-defenders-canadas-leaders-call-for-deep-sea-mining-moratorium","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/brightpuff.com\/index.php\/2023\/07\/25\/a-win-for-ocean-defenders-canadas-leaders-call-for-deep-sea-mining-moratorium\/","title":{"rendered":"A Win for Ocean Defenders! Canada\u2019s Leaders Call for Deep-Sea Mining Moratorium"},"content":{"rendered":"
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You may have missed it \u2013 but the campaign to save the ocean got a big win as Canada\u2019s leaders made waves by calling for a pause on deep-sea mining. For years, Nature Canada, our partners, and supporters have been calling on Canada to show leadership by standing up to big mining companies who want to fast-track destructive Deep-Sea Mining operations. At the meeting of the International Seabed Authority, Canada\u2019s delegation listened and said \u201cNO\u201d\u2013it\u2019s the leadership we\u2019ve been waiting for and an important step in protecting the ocean.<\/p>\n

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Deep-sea mining is a new industry seeking to extract metal from the seabed in international waters. Those deep-sea ecosystems which we know support fragile marine life, like dumbo octopus, are outside national jurisdictions and largely unregulated. Unfortunately, mining companies \u2013 including Canadian mining giants like The Metals Company \u2013 want to take advantage of the regulatory gap and begin destructive mining before international regulations can be put in place. This reckless approach puts 50 percent of the planet\u2019s surface at risk and puts even more pressure on marine ecosystems already reeling from climate change, plastic pollution, and over-fishing.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s why Nature Canada has been helping our Nature Network partners like Oceans North<\/a>, MiningWatch<\/a>, and more to pressure Canada\u2019s leaders to say no to deep-sea mining. For the last few years, nature lovers across Canada have helped us raise the alarm, and guess what? We did it!<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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