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Exploratory mining licences have been granted for waters off Fiji, Papua New Guinea, Tonga and Solomon Islands. [ABC: file photo]
Last Updated: Thu, 9 Jun 2011 07:47:00 +1000
Environmental lobby group Greenpeace has raised concerns that deep-seabed mining in the Pacific ocean may cause irreparable damage to the region’s marine ecosystems.
Exploratory licences have been granted for waters off Fiji, Papua New Guinea, Tonga and Solomon Islands.
Seni Nabou, from Greenpeace Australia-Pacific, has told Pacific Beat the region needs to be prudent in the way marine resources are used.
“The Pacific ocean is considered – in terms of fisheries – not 100 percent pristine, but still healthy,” she said. Read the full article