Greenpeace seeking Pacific voices for survey

Auckland, NEW ZEALAND — Greenpeace New Zealand is asking people of the Pacific to share their views on deep-sea mining in a new online survey translated into nine Pacific languages.

Greenpeace Aotearoa seabed mining campaigner James Hita said the movement to halt deep sea mining is strong and growing.

Countries that currently support a moratorium, or pause on deep sea mining, include Palau, Samoa, Fiji and The Federated States of Micronesia.

New Zealand and Germany have also recently backed a pause on the industry, while French President Emmanuel Macron announced at COP27 this week that he supports an outright ban.

Hita said that for decades indigenous peoples have been excluded from decision-making processes which impact the Pacific way of life.