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Nauru sees rare earth metals as key to the green transition. But mining them could threaten vital marine ecosystems.

More than 30 exploration licenses have been issued, with activity mostly focused in the Clarion-Clipperton Fracture Zone, which spans 1.7 million square miles between Hawaii and Mexico.

Ireland and Sweden join countries calling for moratorium on extraction of metals from seabed as UN-backed authority prepares for crucial talks

The International Seabed Authority — the United Nations body that regulates the world's ocean floor — is preparing to resume negotiations that could open the international seabed for mining, including for materials critical for the green energy transition. Years long negotiations&...

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Years long negotiations are reaching a critical point; authorities will soon need to begin accepting permits

Years long negotiations are reaching a critical point; authorities will soon need to begin accepting permits

What are they and what might happen?

Years long negotiations are reaching a critical point where the authority will soon need to begin accepting mining permit applications, adding to worries over the potential impacts on sparsely researched marine ecosystems and habitats of the deep sea.

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