The run on the minerals at the bottom of the deep sea is in full swing to satisfy the industry's hunger for ever more raw materials. But there is resistance in the Pacific: affected residents, partners and churches alike are opposing the new high-risk technology.
A social model based on constant economic growth has led to the excessive consumption of limited raw materials. Their exploration, extraction and processing often go hand in hand with environmental destruction, human rights violations and conflicts. The world's current hunger for raw materials is not sustainable. But instead of the necessary rethink, there is now also the threat of the destruction of the least explored ecosystem on earth: the deep sea. Resistance to this is forming: from environmentalists and scientists as well as non-governmental organisations, churches and many coastal communities in the Pacific - the region of the world most affected by the run on the treasures of the deep sea. Misereor is also taking a stand in favour of a world without deep-sea mining!

• Publisher: Misereor
• Year of publication: 2017
• Pages: 8

The run on the minerals at the bottom of the deep sea is in full swing to satisfy the industry's hunger for ever more raw materials. But there is resistance in the Pacific: affected residents, partners and churches alike are opposing the new high-risk technology.
A social model based on constant economic growth has led to the excessive consumption of limited raw materials. Their exploration, extraction and processing often go hand in hand with environmental destruction, human rights violations and conflicts. The world's current hunger for raw materials is not sustainable. But instead of the necessary rethink, there is now also the threat of the destruction of the least explored ecosystem on earth: the deep sea. Resistance to this is forming: from environmentalists and scientists as well as non-governmental organisations, churches and many coastal communities in the Pacific - the region of the world most affected by the run on the treasures of the deep sea. Misereor is also taking a stand in favour of a world without deep-sea mining!

• Publisher: Misereor
• Year of publication: 2017
• Pages: 8