Nations aim to ink deep sea mining rules by 2025

The International Seabed Authority’s member nations on Friday agreed on a two-year roadmap for the adoption of deep sea mining regulations, despite conservationists’ calls for a moratorium on mineral extraction they say would avert marine threats. The ISA, an intergovernmental body tasked with protecting the seabed, and its member states have spent the last decade […]

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