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Tomorrow the @EUCouncil will adopt a set of conclusions on international ocean governance and #DeepSeaMining.
Their decisions will shape the future of the #DeepSea.
EU Member States must stand against #DeepSeaMining to protect the world’s last true wilderness from harm.
Their decisions will shape the future of the #DeepSea.
EU Member States must stand against #DeepSeaMining to protect the world’s last true wilderness from harm.
We welcome @EUCouncil steps to support stronger regulations, higher environmental standards & a precautionary principle on potential future #DeepSeaMining.
But more ambitious targets & proper commitments are needed to #DefendTheDeep from those who want to destroy it for profit.
But more ambitious targets & proper commitments are needed to #DefendTheDeep from those who want to destroy it for profit.
Surprisingly, the same @EUCouncil called for a more ambitious position on #DeepSeaMining in 2020.
Yet now #EU Member States want to cut back on ambition just as #COP15 talks on new global #biodiversity targets are underway.
This must not happen.
data.consilium.europa.eu/doc/document/S…
Yet now #EU Member States want to cut back on ambition just as #COP15 talks on new global #biodiversity targets are underway.
This must not happen.
data.consilium.europa.eu/doc/document/S…
You know those spice collector machines in #DuneMovie … we’d never do that on earth…Would we…?
(h/t @georgehullcom)
(h/t @georgehullcom)
….would we??
Well actually there’s a plan to mine entire swathes of the deep ocean floor, with no giant worms to defend the seabed…
Well actually there’s a plan to mine entire swathes of the deep ocean floor, with no giant worms to defend the seabed…
(Unlike Dune’s sandworms, the bobbit worm is found in shallower waters and only reaches 3m in length)
