To #ISA Secretary General, #MichaelLodge, members of the ISA #Assembly, #Council, #Committees and relevant #Ministers:
As citizens concerned about the #health of our #oceans, we call on you to agree to a #moratorium on #seabed #mining unless and until independent scientists agree it is safe and the ISA dramatically increases transparency and access for all meetings and reports.
To date the ISA has been biased towards facilitating #seabed #mining. As the global steward of the world’s #ocean heritage, it must instead prioritise #conservation and the rights of #CoastalCommunities.
Let's #protect #Seas and #Oceans, let's protect #Life... #Sign and #Share. 🙏🏼👇🏾
Huge corporations want to churn up the ocean floor in search of minerals. The obscure UN body that sets the rules is meeting now, and we can
