Giant octopus rises from the Thames to demand sea-change in ocean protection
Coral the octo-activist has emerged outside Parliament. She's asking the government to get serious about ocean protection.
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Coral the octo-activist has emerged outside Parliament. She's asking the government to get serious about ocean protection.
Thanks to campaigners, activists and supporters like you worldwide, the deep sea mining industry didn’t get the green light it was expecting at talks in July. Now we need to make sure these destructive companies never get the chance to plunder our fragile ocean floor.
July 9th 2023 is a turning point for the deep sea mining industry but also for everyone opposing this new extractive industry. We need to get ready to reinforce the resistance.
The deep sea is home to many weird and wonderful creatures, with many species yet to be discovered. But they're under threat from plans for deep sea mining.
We all rely on the oceans for our survival, but they’re in serious trouble. Luckily there’s a new UN treaty in the works that could transform how our oceans are protected.
The UK government has secretly issued deep sea mining licences to a company owned by an arms corporation.
The ISA is meant to regulate deep sea mining activities in the international seabed but far from protecting our oceans, they are selling it off to greedy industries that are trying to plunder our ocean floor for profit. We simply can't trust them to take care of our precious seabeds.