A top UN marine scientist running to lead the global body that governs seabed mining has said no company should be granted a licence before clear safeguards are in place, staking out the most distinct pro-conservation stance in this week’s election for the post.
Allowing unregulated exploitation of the ocean floor risked causing “damage” without “any mechanism to stop the harm”, said Leticia Carvalho, a Brazilian oceanographer and head of the UN’s marine and freshwater branch.
Carvalho’s bid to head the International Seabed Authority (ISA) comes after the publication in the journal Nature Geoscience last month of what she branded “mind-blowing” research suggesting ocean floor metals electrically produced life-giving “dark oxygen”.
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