Comments on: Ecosystem-based approach used to protect the deep sea from mining /news/2013/12/05/ecosystem-based-approach-used-to-protect-the-deep-sea-from-mining/ News from the University of Hawaii Wed, 10 Nov 2021 01:06:00 +0000 hourly 1 By: A freind of a freind /news/2013/12/05/ecosystem-based-approach-used-to-protect-the-deep-sea-from-mining/#comment-162588 Fri, 19 Sep 2014 21:01:59 +0000 http://www.hawaii.edu/news/?p=21331#comment-162588 I was just wondering what private funders may have a part in this as they could be using the information provided from the public for private interests? If you type this in google maps the direct link is this website

]]> By: A freind of a freind /news/2013/12/05/ecosystem-based-approach-used-to-protect-the-deep-sea-from-mining/#comment-162584 Fri, 19 Sep 2014 20:55:06 +0000 http://www.hawaii.edu/news/?p=21331#comment-162584 I was just wondering what private funders may have a part in this as they could be using the information provided from the public for private interests? is this public information going to be put to use for public interests or sold to the highest bidder?

]]> By: George Kent /news/2013/12/05/ecosystem-based-approach-used-to-protect-the-deep-sea-from-mining/#comment-159853 Wed, 10 Sep 2014 21:55:32 +0000 http://www.hawaii.edu/news/?p=21331#comment-159853 It is good to know of these efforts to protect the physical environment from the impacts of seabed mining. What happened to the efforts to ensure that economic benefits would be fairly distributed, based on the law of the sea conferences’ adoption of the principle that the resources on the sea floor are to treated as the common heritage of all mankind?

George Kent
Â鶹´«Ã½Professor of Political Science, Emeritus

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