By John Cannon Three communities in Papua New Guinea are waiting for the country’s Supreme Court to decide whether their ...

But what many people don't realize is that extracting these elements has significant environmental ... pit mining methods used for extracting rare earth elements can lead to soil degradation ...

Environmental groups say that Indonesia’s nickel industry has caused significant environmental degradation and social ...

The kind of deep-sea mining ... Environmental Law and Community Rights: When they're turning a blind eye, then it becomes an issue. And this has been a common situation here in Papua New Guinea.

They return to Papua New Guinea and report on locals ... around the world insist any form of deep-sea mining will damage ocean life. But environmental scientists have been hired and brought ...

Yet, the current mining practices, characterised by deforestation land degradation and uncontrolled emissions, actively undermine these commitments. The Environmental Management Act (Chapter 20:27 ...

Deep-sea mining (DSM ... island states—are also directly tied to environmental stability. If risk scores rise due to climate threats or ecosystem degradation from DSM, businesses may suffer ...