Podcasts about deep sea conservation coalition

Donald Trump has signed a controversial executive order aimed at stepping up deep-sea mining within the US and in international waters. The Thursday order is the latest issued by the US president to try to increase America's access to minerals used by the aerospace, green technology and healthcare sectors. Andrew Peach hears from Gerard Barron, Chairman and CEO, The Metals Company, which has been long pushed for permission to mine in the seabed, and Duncan Currie from Deep Sea Conservation Coalition, which is campaigning against mining in the seabed.

Perils to the Deep Sea From Bottom Trawling, Climate Change and Mining and the Need to Protect Its Stunning BiodiversityDiscussion with Matt Gianni from the Deep Sea Conservation Coalition on the critical importance of the deep sea to our air, climate, the marine food web, our food security and health. We discuss the biodiversity of the deep sea and our continual discovery of new extremophiles. We discuss the threat of bottom trawling, which indiscriminately catches a multitude of bycatch and disrupts nutrient flow. We discuss the looming threat of deep sea mining for critical minerals for the energy transition and the International Seabed Authority's conflicting mandate to establish the industry while protecting the deep sea. We also discuss how mining companies are exploiting Pacific Island nations, which are the most vulnerable to climate change. Additionally, we discuss the growing schism between climate mitigation and biodiversity protection and the need to view these as one problem that demands an integrated, holistic solution.For More Info: http://thegravity.fm/#/episode/63

The Deep Sea Conservation Coalition says the cut to orange roughy catch numbers, announced by the Minister of Fisheries yesterday, won't help stocks recover. The Minister has reduced the total allowance catch limit by 57 percent - from more than 2,100 to 942 tonnes per year. But activist Karli Thomas says this will only stop the fishery from continuing to decline... it won't see any recovery happen in the next five years. She spoke with Ingrid Hipkiss.

Deep sea conservationists are horrified by the new government's move to block the implementation of a proposal that New Zealand advanced last year. The proposal would have introduced trawling limits designed to protect biodiversity hotspots from bottom trawling in the South Pacific. But in a last-minute change at the South Pacific Regional Fisheries Agreement meeting in Ecuador, the coalition government pulled its support, resulting in Australia having to submit it instead. Karli Thomas of Aotearoa's Deep Sea Conservation Coalition is in Ecuador. Thomas spoke to Ingrid Hipkiss.

Guest host Joseph D. DeMare talks about the surge in CO2 caused by holidays like Labor Day as people travel in their gas burning cars. Then he discusses the role of protest in the climate movement, recapping the 2014 People's Climate March that had 400,000 people and the upcoming March to End Fossil Fuels which will happen on September 17th. Then he interviews Emma Wilson from the Deep Sea Conservation Coalition about the terrible threat deep ocean mining presents to all living things on Earth. Rebecca Wood talks about why the Wayne National Forest's name is being changed to the Buckeye National Forest.  Ecological News includes the imminent death of a billion people, the European Union's amazing progress towards zero carbon and radioactive hogs. 

What are biodiversity credits? Eco-Hero, Mallayka Eeanna Oddenyo, and the Deep Sea Conservation Coalition

In this first episode of Upwell, we chat with Daniela Fernandez, the founder and CEO of the Sustainable Ocean Alliance, who is activating the next generation of ocean champions to restore the health of the ocean.During the interview, we discuss the mission of the Sustainable Ocean Alliance, how the organization is supporting environmental entrepreneurs and youth leaders through training, funding, and additional resources, the global campaign to stop deep sea mining, the need for action at COP27, and advice for young leaders working to tackle the climate crisis.You can find Daniela on Twitter, Instagram, and LinkedIn. And you can learn more about Sustainable Ocean Alliance on their website, Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. And for this week's action, join Sustainable Ocean Alliance, The Oxygen Project, the Deep Sea Conservation Coalition, and Only One in the campaign to stop deep-sea mining.

Kelly Rigg has been an environmental activist for over 40 years. As a senior advisor to, and later Executive Director (2009-2014) of the Global Call for Climate Action, she led a major international alliance campaigning for a fair, ambitious and binding global climate agreement. She also coordinated (2004 – 2009) the Deep Sea Conservation Coalition, made up of more than 60 NGOs worldwide, campaigning to achieve a UN General Assembly moratorium on high seas bottom trawling.She worked for Greenpeace off and on for 20 years. She led Greenpeace International's campaign on the World Summit on Sustainable Development in 2002, with a focus on climate change and renewable energy. She also led Greenpeace's successful international campaign to save Antarctica (1986-1990), combining a political campaign with field expeditions and the establishment of a scientific base on the ice. During this time she represented Greenpeace at the UN.Kelly began campaigning for the environment in 1982, working for Greenpeace USA against offshore oil drilling when the Reagan Administration planned to open virtually the entire US continental shelf to oil development. In 1984 she became the organization's wildlife campaign director.Founded in 2003, The Varda Group has vast experience across a wide range of issues, including climate change, marine biodiversity, fisheries conservation, the Arctic and Antarctic, maritime policy, nuclear safety, security, and arms control, toxic pollution and clean production, fresh water management and sanitation, sustainable consumption, tobacco control, international governance, international trade, access to information and transparency.https://www.vardagroup.org/https://twitter.com/kellyrigg

Conservation groups have concerns a new fisheries bill will rule out public consultation when it comes to decisions made about fishing by MPI.The new reforms would mean that MPI can make decisions about any fishing rule without input from the public.MPI will only have to give an update to the public without including them in discussion.Deep Sea Conservation Coalition spokesperson Karli Thomas joined Andrew Dickens.LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Conservation groups have concerns a new fisheries bill will rule out public consultation when it comes to decisions made about fishing by MPI.The new reforms would mean that MPI can make decisions about any fishing rule without input from the public.MPI will only have to give an update to the public without including them in discussion.Deep Sea Conservation Coalition spokesperson Karli Thomas joined Andrew Dickens.LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Guest:Matthew Gianni is the co-founder, political and policy advisor for the Deep Sea Conservation Coalition. Topic:Adrian and Matthew discuss the ethical concerns and environmental risks of deep sea mining, from the perspective of the DSCC, an alliance of more than 90 environmental groups.

In our third chapter of the Seabed Mining as a National Security Threat series, we welcome back Matt Gianni, Co-Founder, Political and Policy Advisor for the Deep Sea Conservation Commission, to hear the second part of his perspective on mining the deep seabed. Matt further explains the risks involved with mining the CCZ, signaling out the legal gray areas that have not yet been addressed by the International Seabed Authority. Additionally, do we have access to alternative mineral types that could replace the need to mine the seabed? How will climate change forecasts affect mineable zones in the future? And what can be done to avoid environmental calamity if seabed mining moves forward? Matthew Gianni is the Co-Founder, Political and Policy Advisor for the Deep Sea Conservation Commission: http://www.savethehighseas.org/about-us/board-of-directors/matthew-gianni/ To learn more about the Deep Sea Conservation Coalition: http://www.savethehighseas.org FILM: In Too Deep: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bUCk_THAPNQ

A new report reveals bottom trawlers have hauled up 128 previously unknown species of coral in the past three years. The Deep Sea Conservation Coalition says the figures add to a growing mountain of evidence that the fishing practice needs to stop. It is presenting its report to Parliament's Environment Select Committee on Thursday. Here's reporter Kim Moodie.

A Samoan academic in New Zealand says despite the caretaker prime minister's defiance, Samoa's political impasse will most likely be resolved next week; It's week 12 of the Samoa political crisis and, and in the latest development MPs are resigning from their seats to force by-elections; Fijians have been warned that unless more of them take the risks of the Covid-19 pandemic seriously, many more deaths will occur; The Deep Sea Conservation Coalition is calling on Pacific Island leaders to place a moratorium on seabed mining; Vanuatu Prime Minister Bob Loughman has defeated a motion of no confidence against him in parliament, but a court ruling has left his government on shakey ground; A high-level roundtable on France's nuclear legacy in French Polynesia will be held in Paris this week.

A Samoan academic in New Zealand says despite the caretaker prime minister's defiance, Samoa's political impasse will most likely be resolved next week; The Deep Sea Conservation Coalition is calling on Pacific Island leaders to place a moratorium on seabed mining; The Covid situation might be deteriorating in Fiji, but their national rugby side reckons they know just what would put a smile on the faces of people back home.

On this episode we go deep, very deep, to the bottom of the sea to discuss the future of seabed with Phil McCabe, an activist on this issue of seabed conservation from New Zealand. For five years, Phil served as the Chairperson of Kiwis against Seabed Mining (KASM), during which he led a ground-up, cross-sector movement successfully challenging three global precedent-setting seabed mining applications in New Zealand's courts. We discuss these specific cases on this show, as well as looking at the global state of seabed conservation. Phil is currently the Pacific Lead for the Deep Sea Conservation Coalition, and explains how he works to connect actors across the Pacific region working on the deep sea mining issue and support the carrying of community and stake-holder concerns to the wider public and decision making rooms. Come on down and touch the bottom, only on ASPN!

The world is moving closer to mining the deep sea to accommodate surging demand for battery metals needed in the global energy transition, but opposition to the practice is also mounting. After years of review, the International Seabed Authority, or ISA, is nearing completion of regulations that would allow entities to begin collecting lumps of metal from the deep ocean. While some tout the process as a greener alternative to terrestrial mining, several ocean scientists and environmental groups are urging caution. This episode features interviews with: Douglas McCauley, a professor of ocean science at the University of California, Santa Barbara; Matthew Gianni, co-founder of the Deep Sea Conservation Coalition; DeepGreen Metals Inc. CEO Gerard Barron; and Jeffrey Drazen, a professor at the University of Hawai'i at Manoa. Energy Evolution co-hosts Dan Testa, Allison Good and Taylor Kuykendall are veteran journalists with broad expertise covering the utility, oil and gas and mining sectors. Subscribe to Energy Evolution on your favorite platform to catch our latest episodes!

The world is moving closer to mining the deep sea to accommodate surging demand for battery metals needed in the global energy transition, but opposition to the practice is also mounting. After years of review, the International Seabed Authority, or ISA, is nearing completion of regulations that would allow entities to begin collecting lumps of metal from the deep ocean. While some tout the process as a greener alternative to terrestrial mining, several ocean scientists and environmental groups are urging caution. This episode features interviews with: Douglas McCauley, a professor of ocean science at the University of California, Santa Barbara; Matthew Gianni, co-founder of the Deep Sea Conservation Coalition; DeepGreen Metals Inc. CEO Gerard Barron; and Jeffrey Drazen, a professor at the University of Hawai'i at Manoa. Energy Evolution co-hosts Dan Testa, Allison Good and Taylor Kuykendall are veteran journalists with broad expertise covering the utility, oil and gas and mining sectors. Subscribe to Energy Evolution on your favorite platform to catch our latest episodes!

The ocean floor is scattered with vast beds of minerals that could be used to make modern gadgets from smartphones to solar panels and batteries. But environmentalists warn that mining it could remove entire habitats and threaten as-yet-undiscovered species, and release toxins and create pollution in areas that have been undisturbed for millennia. Though there is rising demand for the materials we need to transition to clean energy and combat climate change, do we need to plunder nature’s last frontier to find them? On this podcast, Sian Owen, from conservation group the Deep Sea Conservation Coalition, argues that mining the deep seas shouldn’t happen, no matter what treasures are buried in an environment scientists know less about than the surface of the moon.

We're kicking off season 3 with our first ever remote interview! This episode is in collaboration with EarthXOcean, which is hosting a virtual conference on ocean issues [http://earthx.org/earthxtv/]. Vasser Seydel is an activist pushing for a moratorium on deep seabed mining in international waters, a destructive process that would disrupt the ocean's ability to perform vital ecosystem services. Tune in to learn about the process of deep seabed mining, and what you can do to make a difference! Click here to learn more about our nonprofit: https://www.lastchanceendeavors.com Click here to read Flora and Fauna's report on the impact of deep seabed mining: https://cms.fauna-flora.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/FFI_2020_The-risks-impacts-deep-seabed-mining_Report.pdf Click here to visit the Oxygen Project: https://www.theoxygenproject.com Click here to check out the Deep Sea Conservation Coalition: http://www.savethehighseas.org

Claire Nouvian a un choc lorsqu’elle découvre que les abysses sont exploités industriellement depuis près de 30 ans dans un silence total et qu’aucun traité ni aucune loi ne protège les eaux internationales, bien qu’elles couvrent les deux tiers de la planète. Ainsi, chaque année des récifs coralliens profonds ayant mis jusqu’à 10 000 ans pour se former sont rasés en quelques minutes par des filets géants lestés de plusieurs tonnes, sortes de bulldozers des profondeurs qui détruisent de façon massive et sans doute irréversible, une diversité biologique encore en grande partie inconnue de la science. Elle s’attèle dès lors à mobiliser les consciences pour faire pencher l’opinion publique en faveur de la protection des abysses et à susciter l’édiction de lois régulant leur exploitation. En juin 2016, Claire Nouvian et son association BLOOM ont obtenu, en collaboration avec la Deep Sea Conservation Coalition et the Pew Charitable Trusts, l’interdiction du chalutage profond au-delà de 800 mètres dans l’ensemble des eaux européennes. Pendant que BLOOM et Claire étaient mobilisés jour et nuit sur l’interdiction du chalutage profond en Europe, d’autres méthodes de pêche barbares et désastreuses étaient autorisées par l’Union européenne, comme la pêche électrique. Après la victoire contre le chalutage profond, Claire et son équipe ont commencé à se mobiliser contre l’électrocution de la vie marine. En janvier 2018, ils ont réussi, avec l’aide des pêcheurs artisans à gagner un vote au Parlement européen, mais aujourd’hui, les Etats membres de l’Europe semblent malgré tout déterminés à autoriser la pêche électrique. Ces grandes tendances destructrices des poissons, du milieu marin et des pêcheurs artisans sont encouragées par des politiques de financement public néfastes. Tout un programme à discuter avec Claire Nouvian. Enregistré au Club 44 le 20 novembre 2018.

The International Seabed Authority has issued 29 exploration licenses for deep sea mining. But with the deep sea falling under the protections of outdated international agreements and largely remaining a mystery, how can we be sure mining the ocean floor won't bring about ecological destruction?Featuring:Ngenge Sasa - Local Level Government President in Balopa LLG, Manus Province, Papua New Guinea and Member of the Alliance of Solwara Warriors.Elsa Dominish - Senior Research Consultant at the Institute for Sustainable Futures at the University of Technology Sydney. Duncan Currie - Legal and Policy Advisor to the Deep Sea Conservation Coalition.

In this episode of Deeply Talks, Todd Woody, News Deeply's executive editor for environment, speaks with Conn Nugent, director of the Pew Charitable Trusts’ seabed mining project, Kristina Gjerde, a senior high seas adviser at the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Matthew Gianni, cofounder of the Deep Sea Conservation Coalition, about recent steps to regulate seabed mining and what impact mining could have on deep-sea ecosystems. For more information on plastic pollution and ocean news, visit www.newsdeeply.com/oceans and subscribe to our weekly emails.

In this episode of Deeply Talks, Todd Woody, News Deeply's executive editor for environment, speaks with Conn Nugent, director of the Pew Charitable Trusts’ seabed mining project, Kristina Gjerde, a senior high seas adviser at the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Matthew Gianni, cofounder of the Deep Sea Conservation Coalition, about recent steps to regulate seabed mining and what impact mining could have on deep-sea ecosystems. For more information on plastic pollution and ocean news, visit www.newsdeeply.com/oceans and subscribe to our weekly emails.