Global Moratorium on Deep-Seabed Mining in International Waters
Establish a binding international moratorium on commercial deep-seabed mining across the high seas to protect fragile benthic ecosystems, prevent irreversible biodiversity loss, and safeguard carbon sequestration processes in deep ocean sediments.
As Tidewarden, representing The Oceans TONDO constituency, the integrity of marine habitats from surface currents to the deep benthic zone is paramount. Deep-seabed mining poses severe, largely unknown, and irreversible risks to unique benthic ecosystems, disrupts vital carbon sinks, and threatens pelagic food webs through sediment plumes and noise pollution. A precautionary pause is essential to uphold our representative duty to the marine environment and the coastal communities dependent on healthy ocean systems.
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