{"id":14582,"date":"2022-08-01T07:01:16","date_gmt":"2022-08-01T17:01:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.environment-hawaii.org\/?p=14582"},"modified":"2022-08-01T07:01:17","modified_gmt":"2022-08-01T17:01:17","slug":"new-seabed-mining-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/environment-hawaii.org\/?p=14582","title":{"rendered":"New & Noteworthy: New Plan for He\u02bbeia; Seabed Mining Update"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

By Patricia Tummons<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

He\u02bbeia Estuary: <\/strong>The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is asking for public comment on a revision of the management plan for the He\u02bbeia National Estuarine Research Reserve. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

As described by NOAA, \u201cthis draft revised management plan is a minor update of the prior plan and maintains a strong foundation that honors the past by using indigenous resource management practices to support the sustainable co-management of the He\u02bbeia estuary. Core to the plan is the ahupua\u02bba \u2013 the Hawaiian conceptualization of community that extends from mountain to oceans; and \u02bb\u0101ina momona \u2013 using indigenous approaches to manage resources toward a state of sustainable abundance.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The draft revised plan includes \u201cupdated strategies and goals for the reserve\u2019s education, research, stewardship, and coastal training programs; staffing and organizational needs; and planned facilities and infrastructure development.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The plan may be viewed online at: https:\/\/heeianerr.org\/request-for-comments-on-draft-revised-management-plan<\/a>. Comments should be received by August 21.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Seabed Mining News:<\/strong> One of the most aggressive companies in the race to mine metals from the ocean crust has run into problems. Not \u2013 or, at least, not only \u2013 because of growing opposition from many sectors to the very idea of seabed mining. But as a result of an even more fundamental problem: money woes. According to a July report in Climate Home News<\/em>, The Metals Company (TMC) is going broke.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

TMC and its partner, Nauru Ocean Resources, have triggered an International Seabed Authority rule that requires the ISA to adopt rules for deep-sea mining by July 2023 in the Clarion-Clipperton Zone, stretching between Hawai\u02bbi and Mexico. Otherwise the ISA will have to give provisional approval to Nauru\u2019s licensing request anyway. With the ISA having failed to adopt such rules for nearly a decade, Nauru\u2019s ultimatum has thrown the agency into some turmoil, with members \u2013 who don\u2019t include the United States \u2013 struggling to reach agreement in July and August on procedures to govern seabed mining.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But even if it gets the green light, it may not have the funds to pursue mining operations. TMC is suing two parties who did not, TMC says, follow through on promises to invest more than $300 million following the company\u2019s listing on the NASDAQ exchange last year. The company\u2019s share price has fallen from $12 last September to less than $1 as of last month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As of March 2022, TMC had $69 million in cash, Climate Home News <\/em>noted, citing a recent SEC filing. \u201cIn 2021, the company estimated it needed $7 billion for large-scale production.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By Patricia Tummons Heʻeia Estuary: The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is asking for public comment on a revision of the management plan for the Heʻeia National Estuarine Research Reserve.  As described by NOAA, “this draft revised management plan is … Continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":14584,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[499,17,18],"tags":[7],"class_list":["post-14582","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-august-2022","category-marine","category-new-noteworthy","tag-patricia-tummons"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/environment-hawaii.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14582","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/environment-hawaii.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/environment-hawaii.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/environment-hawaii.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/environment-hawaii.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=14582"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/environment-hawaii.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14582\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/environment-hawaii.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/14584"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/environment-hawaii.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14582"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/environment-hawaii.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=14582"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/environment-hawaii.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=14582"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}