Industrial mining the seabed has long been an idea but has yet to become a reality. For decades, there’s been a de facto ban on commercial seabed mining by the International Seabed Authority, a ...

Deep-sea mining’s rise raises urgent legal, ethical, and environmental questions as demand for critical minerals grows in the ...

The White House’s executive order last month purports to authorize mining in international waters – against the authority of ...

The head of the International Seabed Authority (ISA) has criticised US president Donald ... but also sets a dangerous precedent that could destabilize the entire system of global ocean governance,”she ...

As sovereign states ramp up efforts to access seabed resources crucial for clean energy and defense technologies, the International Seabed Authority ... collective seabed governance under the ...

Regulating mining UNCLOS established the International Seabed Authority (ISA ... and as such, the ISA's governance approach appears to be one of companies self-regulating. Despite the“ocean ...

United Nations (United States) (AFP) – The head of the International Seabed Authority (ISA ... destabilize the entire system of global ocean governance," she added. The ISA must both oversee ...

any unilateral action risks undermining the fundamental principles that have guided deep-sea governance for decades. “There are claims that the regulatory process at the International Seabed Authority ...

Trump signed an order last week directing NOAA to start dispensing such licenses with urgency, disregarding the role of the International Seabed Authority.

The Metals Company's US subsidiary has applied to NOAA for deep-sea mining permits, bypassing the International Seabed Authority and sparking international controversy. This move, enabled by a ...

The head of the International Seabed Authority (ISA ... precedent that could destabilize the entire system of global ocean governance," she added. The ISA must both oversee any exploration ...

But economic interest in the deep-ocean polymetallic nodules wasn’t developed until a century after that, according to the International Seabed Authority (ISA ... responsible ocean governance instead ...