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Brazil wants 10-year pause on deep sea mining HEALTH

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By DÁNICA COTO Associ- Oranjestad
ated Press
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) Hospital 7:00 pm / 10:00pm
— Brazil on Friday urged Tel. 527 4000
a 10-year precautionary San Nicolas
pause on deep sea mining Imsan 24 hours
in international waters just Tel.524 8833
days after companies and Women in Difficulties
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a July 9 deadline. Women in Difficulties
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tralia on Nov. 13, 2022.
government of Nauru is ex- Associated Press Sta. Cruz 527 2900
pected to apply soon for a San Nicolas 584 5000
license via the Canadian- deep sea mining could kick Vanuatu’s representative. the absence of rules, regu- Police Tipline 11141
based Metals Co. up dust storms and cause The U.N. agency has is- lations and procedures,” Ambulancia 911
The government of the tiny light and noise pollution, sued more than 30 explora- Gina Guillén, Costa Rica’s Fire Dept. 115
Pacific island said Friday noting that minerals that tion licenses, with most of representative, said in a Red Cross 582 2219
that it wants to diversify its grow at such depths take the activity focused in the statement that represent- TAXI SERVICES
“limited economic base,” millions of years to form. Clarion-Clipperton Fracture ed the stance of more than Taxi Tas 587 5900
but promised it would not Companies, however, Zone, which covers 1.7 mil- a dozen countries.q Prof. Taxi 588 0035
sponsor an application dur- have said that deep sea lion square miles (4.5 mil- Taxi D.T.S. 587 2300
ing the U.N. conference, mining is cheaper and has lion square kilometers) be- Taxi Serv. Aruba 583 3232
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which ends July 21. less of an impact than land tween Hawaii and Mexico. Women in Difficulties
Nauru noted that its “good- mining, while some coun- Exploration is occurring at TRAVEL INFO
faith decision” does not tries have said it would al- depths ranging from 13,000
mean officials are with- low them to grow and di- to 19,000 feet (4,000 to Aruba Airport 524 2424
drawing their plan to pur- versify their economy. 6,000 meters). American Airlines 582 2700
sue deep sea mining. On Friday, several council The U.N. agency’s 36-mem- Avianca 588 0059
“We’re no longer in a ‘what members insisted on more ber council is working on a Jet Blue 588 2244
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if’ scenario, but ‘what scientific studies before any proposed framework that
now’?” said Margo Deiye, licenses are awarded. would regulate potential Women in Difficulties
Nauru’s permanent repre- “Exploitation must not com- deep sea mining, but it’s AID FOUNDATIONS
sentative to the Internation- mence until it can be guar- unclear when it would be FAVI- Visually Impaired
al Seabed Authority. anteed that there will be ready. Tel. 582 5051
A growing number of coun- no loss to biodiversity,” said “Exploitation in the area Alcoholics Anonymous
tries and companies, in- Siddharth Shekhar Yadav, should not be carried out in Tel. 736 2952
cluding BMW and Volvo, Narcotics Anonymous
support a moratorium on Tel. 583 8989
deep sea mining, warning Fundacion Contra Violencia
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Brazil’s representative to General Info
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Authority, Elza Moreira Mar-
celino de Castro, said the
country supports a precau-
tionary pause for at least a
decade.
“Priority must be given to
the protection of the inter-
national seabed until con-
clusive and comprehensive
studies … are available,”
she said.
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