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.
Say NO to Seabed Mining
There is widespread global concern about the vulnerability of deep-sea habitats and ecosystems to proposed deep seabed mining.
The scale and destructive nature of these practices cause them to have huge environmental impacts. Due to the lack of data, a thorough environmental impact assessment can't to be done and the level of environmental and climate impacts is unknown.
All of this makes a clear case that a stop to deep-sea mining is both urgent and essential.
The ocean is worth more than just the value of its finite resources. The intrinsic long-term benefits of a healthy ocean far outweigh any short-term incentives offered by deep sea mining.
Opening up this new frontier for extraction would destabilise delicate ocean ecosystems and fatally undermine the foundations of a circular ocean economy.
Add your voice today to the growing movement calling for a Moratorium on Deep Sea Mining.
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WWF’S NO DEEP SEABED MINING INITIATIVE
Since 2019, WWF has worked to ensure a global moratorium on deep seabed mining. Such a moratorium needs to be in place until there is
enough science available to make informed decisions about whether to go ahead with this destructive industry, and all alternatives have been
explored.
To achieve our ambition toward a global moratorium on deep seabed mining, our team of experts has designed a 3-pillar strategy which will achieve the following outcomes:
- A critical mass of member states agree on a moratorium on deep seabed mining at the International Seabed Authority.
- Key business leaders and investors commit not to source minerals from the seabed and not to finance any deep seabed mining activities.
- The public is informed about the risks of deep seabed mining, and civil society voices are diversified and amplified.
Deep Sea Mining Explained
Deep sea mining explained