April 20, 2021
Scientists of the JPI Oceans project ‘MiningImpact’ are embarking on a six-week expedition to the Clarion-Clipperton Fracture Zone in the Pacific. Their goal is to carry out independent scientific monitoring of the test of a pre-prototype nodule collector machine that will be conducted in parallel from a second vessel by the Belgian company Global Sea Mineral Resources.
MiningImpact fully adheres to good scientific practice and all data will be made publicly available. The findings of this integrated impact analysis will be transferred into recommendations for improved environmental standards and guidelines of the Mining Code currently being drafted by the International Seabed Authority (ISA).
Published: 14 April 2021
SABA: - Residents of Saba are invited to a town hall meeting on Thursday, April 15 to attend a presentation by volcanologist Elske de Zeeuw-Van Dalfsen of the Royal Netherlands Institute for Meteorology (KNMI) on Saba’s Mt. Scenery volcano. She will also answer questions from the public.
The Executive Council of the Public Entity Saba decided early this week to organize a town hall meeting where people can be informed about the status of the Mt. Scenery volcano and the volcanoes on neighboring islands. The subject has become very timely with the volcanic eruptions of the La Soufrière in St. Vincent, more than 500 kilometers away from Saba.
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Palm oil conflicts persist amid lack of resolution in Indonesian Borneo
Efforts to resolve land conflicts between palm oil companies and local communities in western Indonesian Borneo have largely failed, with many disputes festering for more than a decade, a new study shows.
Of 32 conflicts analyzed, 66% haven’t been resolved, even though 72% have been mediated by local governments, lawmakers and police.
The researchers say the authorities tend to not enforce the law on companies and have instead tended to take a harder line on community members protesting against the companies.
The study also found that other avenues of redress for the community, such as filing a complaint with certification bodies like the RSPO, remain underutilized because of complicated procedures and a lack of trust in institutions.
Scientists win funding for Azores deep sea expedition
A team led by the Okeanos Research Center at the University of the Azores has secured funding for the Eurofleets + project to carry out a scientific expedition to areas of the deep sea never visited before . The funding now guaranteed by the Deep Sea Research Group of the Okeanos (research center) of the University of the Azores will allow a scientific expedition to explore unknown areas of the Mid-Atlantic Dorsal, over a period of 17 days , says researcher Telmo Mourato, who will lead the mission.
The Mid-Atlantic Dorsal is a volcanic mountain range that extends from the Arctic to Antarctica, being the dominant topographic structure of the Atlantic Ocean and the most extensive mountain range in the world. The expedition will map the bottoms of this region and characterise the coral communities and sponges that inhabit the ridges and seamounts in Dorsal. It also intends to identify the environmental factors that determine t