History made: takes lead in effort to stop deep-sea mining
While countries like Spain and France have adopted parliamentary resolutions in opposition to deep-sea mining, #Portugal is - so far - the only European country to have translated these concerns into a binding law to adopt a deep-sea mining moratorium.
The race to underwater mining is “humanity's last act of collective irresponsibility”
A corrida à mineração submarina é “o último acto de irresponsabilidade colectiva da humanidade”
@greenpeace @mongabay
https://www.publico.pt/2024/06/08/azul/noticia/corrida-mineracao-submarina-ultimo-acto-irresponsabilidade-colectiva-humanidade-2093422
#DeepSeaMining #oceans #OceanConservation #EnvironmentalImpact #SeabedMining
#MarineProtection #MineralExtraction