🌍✨ A Bay Area financial analyst wants a piece of this mineral-rich seabed surrounded by three Pacific nations
Why we’re watching: Last summer, at the United Nations World Oceanʻs Conference, French Polynesia established the world’s largest contiguous marine protected area, reinforcing its 2022 ban on seabed mining.
“The deep sea is not for sale,” France’s president, Emmanuel Macron, said at the time. A year later, that might not hold true for the waters just beyond French Polynesia’s maritime border. 💚
A little-known American startup is seeking the Trump administration’s approval to lease 25 million acres of international waters for mining exploration just outside the areas over which French Polynesia, the Cook Islands and Kiribati have exclusive rights.
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- 📌 Key signal: Last summer, at the United Nations World Oceanʻs Conference, French Polynesia established the world’s largest contiguous marine protected area, reinforcing its 2022…
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Reporting curated for GreenTV. Original reporting via Grist.