Current legal frameworks can’t protect the oceans from deep-sea mining and the negative impacts on humankind

By Susan Reid, Postdoctoral Fellow, University of British Columbia

The international legal order is floundering. The geopolitical and resource policy priorities of the United States are shifting.

These changes now implicate the international framework for governing the seabed: on April 24, U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order that moves toward allowing deep-sea mining by the Americans.

Driven by a critical minerals expansionary agenda, the U.S. is considering measures to…

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