Mining the seabed for clean-tech minerals could destroy ecosystems. Will it get the green light?
- Written by: Claudio Bozzi, Lecturer in Law, Deakin University
Crab on polymetallic nodulesNOAA Ocean ExplorationA little-known organisation is meeting this week in a conference centre in Jamaica. The rules the International Seabed Authority (ISA) are drafting could have immense impact.
That’s because this United Nations body has the power to permit – or deny – mining on the deep...