Environmental activists, however, have warned that seabed mining will be hugely destructive with unknown consequences. Greenpeace campaigner Richard Page told the BBC, "The emerging threat of seabed mining is an urgent wake-up call for the need to protect the oceans."
"The deep ocean is not yet mapped or explored and so the potential loss of fauna and biospheres from mining is not yet understood," he added, stating that only 3% of the oceans and only 1% of international waters are currently protected.
No comments:
Post a Comment