2 hectares a day
Ban seabed mining …I’m with KASM at the protest in spirit
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TTR abandons seabed mining application
Couldn’t prove they wouldn’t cause any harm so walked away
Good news
I think you will find they are skirting process and will apply directly to the Government for fast tracking. This will be a test to see if the fast track process will be handled responsibly.
If this gets approved it will be an absolute disgrace.
There is no way that a similar process would be allowed on land, but as it's hidden underwater, nothing to see here.
It's a minefield for Shane Jones, pitting one vested interest party vs another.
Jones has recused himself. Bishop and Brown will handle this. NZ, after six years of GRANTS (pun intended), will find this $500 Billion dollar ready to go project, rather handy. The IMF would certainly agree. There is a good precedent to grant unpopular large projects. Clyde comes to mind, and I don't hear any bodies moaning about the pretty cycle ways around Lake Dunstan that became a bi product.
How about instead if just posting frivolous, silly posts, admit the real problem is we don't know enough what will be being destroyed.
We know this is in an area that is a whale breeding ground & the habitat of the Maui Dolphin.
We do know that ancient corals will be destroyed.
We do know that not only is the seabed vacuumed up indiscriminately but also a plume if waste will be allowed to spread with the currents an smother a wide area of the seabed.
What we don't know is what else will be being destroyed with this activity. Ignorance is not a good basis for any decision.
Seabed mining is banned in most parts of the world for a very good reason.