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Fished for their meat and liver oil, many remarkable deep-water sharks and rays now face extinction
The deep ocean, beyond 200 metres of depth, is the largest and one of the most complex environments on the planet. It covers 84% of the world’s ocean area and…
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VIDEO: Opposition to seabed mining in Aotearoa and the Pacific
The fight to stop seabed and deep sea mining is heating up here in Aotearoa and in the Pacific.
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The Luxon government wants to fast-track approvals of large infrastructure projects, and that’s bad news for NZ’s biodiversity
In the latest move to reform environmental laws in New Zealand, the coalition government has introduced a bill to fast-track consenting processes for projects deemed to be of national or regional significance.
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Ocean protection is more than just a career; it’s a way of life
When I was young, my dad always asked me: "What do you want to be when you grow up?". I'd say: "A naturalist guide or a marine biologist". Today, I'm living my dream and hope to continue dedicating the rest of my life to making ocean protection a reality.
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“Stop deep sea mining, not protests”, Greenpeace demands regulator
Kingston, Jamaica – Governments gather to debate deep sea mining amid growing public resistance, as the 29th session of the International Seabed Authority (ISA) starts today in Kingston, Jamaica. The…
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Mountains Under the Waves
The world’s longest mountain range is actually in the middle of the ocean – the mid-Atlantic ridge, at more than 40,000 miles long. But who knows about these mountains? How…
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The world is watching Taranaki seabed mining hearing
Greenpeace says that the result of the EPA hearing for the Australian miner Trans Tasman Resources’ seabed mining proposal for Taranaki could set a globally significant precedent.
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Shane Jones recusal from seabed mining shows corruption of fast track process
The recusal of Resources and Oceans Minister Shane Jones from being involved in a government decision on a possible seabed mining application under the new fast-track legislation is evidence of…
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Seabed mining opposition to gather outside EPA hearings in Hāwera, Taranaki
Crowds will gather tomorrow outside the first day of EPA hearings at the TSB hub in Hāwera to voice their opposition to seabed mining as supporters from Kiwis Against Seabed Mining (KASM), Greenpeace Aotearoa and Climate Justice Taranaki (CJT) join Iwi Ngāti Ruanui.
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Antarctica
Antarctica is one of the harshest environments you can imagine. Winds can reach 200mph and the lowest temperature ever recorded was -89 degrees Celsius. But the monochrome above the waves…