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As policymakers meet in Jamaica to develop regulations for mineral exploitation in international waters, Solomon Pili Kahoʻohalahala highlights what’s at stake for Pacific cultures.
This week, delegates from around the world gathered at the International Seabed Authority’s headquarters in Kingston, Jamaica, to continue ongoing negotiations over a long-debated “mining code”—a set of rules and regulations that would determine how commercial deep-sea mining could proceed in international waters.
‘We Live in One Ocean’: Native Hawaiian Activist Calls for Inclusion in Deep-Sea Mining Decisions
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