Deep Sea Conservation Coalition’s Post

🌊 High Level Panel for a Sustainable Ocean Economy's recent #BluePaper on ocean and human health classifies #DeepSeaMining as one of the "unsustainable ocean-based industries that focus on short-term profit-making and accumulation of great wealth for the few." Often claiming to be part of the ‘Blue Economy’, these industries—which include unsustainable fisheries, seabed mining and oil drilling—degrade the ocean environment, release vast quantities of greenhouse gases, produce pollution and deplete marine resources. They also threaten human health, increase societal inequalities, degrade the ocean environment, and create long-term financial liabilities for governments. Read more: https://lnkd.in/dzvKNAks

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