July 10, 2023 3:43 PM

Representatives of ISA to gather in Kingston, Jamaica to discuss proposal to allow deep-sea mining

Representatives of 168 member states of the International Seabed Authority (ISA) will gather in Kingston, Jamaica, today to discuss a proposal to allow deep-sea mining. The meeting will continue until 28 July. The talks hosted by an intergovernmental body could open a rush to develop swaths of ocean floor until now given special protection as “the common heritage of mankind”. The controversy was triggered in 2021 when the tiny Pacific Island of Nauru made a formal request to ISA- the...