{"id":81719,"date":"2026-02-25T11:15:05","date_gmt":"2026-02-25T10:15:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/international\/?p=81719"},"modified":"2026-02-25T18:33:49","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T17:33:49","slug":"equity-benefit-sharing-financial-architecture-international-seabed-area","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/international\/publication\/81719\/equity-benefit-sharing-financial-architecture-international-seabed-area\/","title":{"rendered":"Equity, Benefit-Sharing and Financial Architecture in the International Seabed Area"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A new independent study by Dr Harvey Mpoto Bombaka (Centro Universit\u00e1rio de Bras\u00edlia) and Dr Ben Tippet (King\u2019s College London), commissioned by Greenpeace International, reveals that current International Seabed Authority revenue-sharing proposals would return virtually nothing to developing countries \u2014 despite the requirement under the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) that deep sea mining must benefit humankind as a whole.<br>Instead, the analysis shows that the overwhelming economic value would flow to a handful of private corporations, primarily headquartered in the Global North.<\/p>\n\n<div style=\"position:relative;padding-top:max(60%,326px);height:0;width:100%\"><iframe allow=\"clipboard-write\" sandbox=\"allow-top-navigation allow-top-navigation-by-user-activation allow-downloads allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-modals allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox allow-forms\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"position:absolute;border:none;width:100%;height:100%;left:0;right:0;top:0;bottom:0;\" src=\"https:\/\/e.issuu.com\/embed.html?backgroundColor=%23598cb1&#038;backgroundColorFullscreen=%23598cb1&#038;d=equity_benefit-sharing_and_financial_architecture&#038;hideIssuuLogo=true&#038;hideShareButton=true&#038;pageLayout=singlePage&#038;u=greenpeaceinternational\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n<p>Download the report: <\/p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-international-stateless\/2026\/02\/8e05dcaa-greenpeace_benefitsharingdeepseaminingreport_final.pdf\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-international-stateless\/2026\/02\/8e05dcaa-greenpeace_benefitsharingdeepseaminingreport_final.pdf\">Equity, Benefit-Sharing and Financial Architecture in the International Seabed Area<\/a><\/p>\n\n<p>Executive Summary: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-international-stateless\/2026\/02\/574883b7-exec_summary_benefitsharing_summary_final.pdf\">Equity, Benefit-Sharing and Financial Architecture in the International Seabed Area<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new independent study commissioned by Greenpeace International, reveals that current International Seabed Authority proposals would return virtually nothing to developing 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