New Caledonia Bans ‘Dangerous’ Seabed Mining for Half a Century in the South Pacific

The Pacific island territory of New Caledonia has announced a moratorium on seabed mining for nickel across 1.3 million square kilometers of ocean. The rare and sweeping move places the French territory among the most restrictive in the world in terms of seabed extraction, and should enable the protection of roughly one-third of the world’s […] The post New Caledonia Bans ‘Dangerous’ Seabed Mining for Half a Century in the South Pacific appeared first on Good News Network.

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