Minerals used in our everyday devices like electric cars, laptops and phones might soon be mined from the ocean floor.
But we don’t need to mine the deepsea bed to get these minerals. They already exist in our hands.
We urgently need to change course, before irreparable damage is done.
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WWF New Zealand supports the Need for a Global Moratorium
A global moratorium on all deep seabed mining activities is urgently needed. Extraction must not go ahead until the environmental, social and economic risks are understood, and all alternatives to deep sea minerals have been explored.
Calls for a moratorium are increasing and WWF is proud to take this stand for our ocean alongside a global coalition of individuals, businesses and governments.
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