Brazil on Friday urged a 10-year precautionary pause on deep sea mining in international waters just days after companies and countries were allowed to start applying for provisional licenses.
The call came during a two-week conference held by the International Seabed Authority, a regulatory U.N. agency based in Jamaica that failed to approve a set of rules and regulations to govern deep sea mining by a July 9 deadline.
Nauru noted that its "good-faith decision" does not mean officials are withdrawing their plan to pursue deep sea mining. Brazil's representative to the International Seabed Authority, Elza Moreira Marcelino de Castro, said the country supports a precautionary pause for at least a decade. On Friday, several council members insisted on more scientific studies before any licenses are awarded.
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