Kodi mukufuula mokwanira? Zionetsero, Mawu Achilengedwe, ndi Nkhani Yabizinesi ya DSM pa Misonkhano ya ISA ya Marichi 2024

Gulu la Ocean Foundation la Deep Seabed Mining (DSM) ndiwokondwa kutenga nawo gawo pamisonkhano ya International Seabed Authority (ISA) ku Kingston, Jamaica. Zokambirana zikupitirirabe, ndipo ngakhale kuti pali mgwirizano wopitilirabe, malamulowa akadali kutali kuti atsirizidwe, ndi malingaliro osiyana pa mfundo zazikulu zomwe zimalepheretsa kuvomerezana pazochitika zazikulu. Wowunikiridwa ndi anzawo pepala lofalitsidwa mu Januware 2024 lidapeza kuti zinthu zazikulu 30 zamalamulo a ISA zidakali zovuta komanso kuti tsiku loti ISA likwaniritse malamulowo mu 2025 silingachitike. Zokambirana zikupitilirabe moganizira kuti The Metals Company (TMC) ikutumiza fomu yofunsira migodi yamalonda malamulowo asanamalizidwe. 

Pa Marichi 22, masana onse anali kukambirana za ufulu wochita ziwonetsero, motsogozedwa ndi mndandanda wamapepala a Secretary-General kutsatira. Chiwonetsero chamtendere cha Greenpeace panyanja motsutsana ndi The Metals Company. Mlembi Wamkulu anali - mwachilendo - sanapezeke pa zokambiranazo, koma 30 ISA Member States, mayiko omwe adagwirizana kuti atsatire zomwe bungwe la United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, likuchita nawo zokambirana, ndi anthu ambiri mwachindunji. kutsimikiziranso ufulu wochita ziwonetsero, monga zatsimikiziridwa pofika pa Novembara 30, 2023 chigamulo cha Khothi la Dutch. Monga ndi observer ovomerezeka Bungwe la The Ocean Foundation linalowererapo ndi kuchenjeza kuti zionetsero za panyanja ndi imodzi mwa njira zosokoneza komanso zodula zomwe aliyense amene akufuna, kuthandizira, kapena kupereka ndalama zamigodi ya pansi pa nyanja angayembekezere kupita patsogolo.  

Pa Marichi 22, masana onse anali kukambirana za ufulu wochita ziwonetsero, motsogozedwa ndi mndandanda wamapepala a Secretary-General kutsatira. Chiwonetsero chamtendere cha Greenpeace panyanja motsutsana ndi The Metals Company. Mlembi Wamkulu anali - mwachilendo - sanapezeke pa zokambiranazo, koma 30 ISA Member States, mayiko omwe adagwirizana kuti atsatire zomwe bungwe la United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, likuchita nawo zokambirana, ndi anthu ambiri mwachindunji. kutsimikiziranso ufulu wochita ziwonetsero, monga zatsimikiziridwa pofika pa Novembara 30, 2023 chigamulo cha Khothi la Dutch. Monga ndi observer ovomerezeka Bungwe la The Ocean Foundation linalowererapo ndi kuchenjeza kuti zionetsero za panyanja ndi imodzi mwa njira zosokoneza komanso zodula zomwe aliyense amene akufuna, kuthandizira, kapena kupereka ndalama zamigodi ya pansi pa nyanja angayembekezere kupita patsogolo.  

Pa Marichi 25, mtsogoleri wathu wa DSM, a Bobbi-Jo Dobush, adatenga nawo gawo pamwambo wa "Zosintha Pamayendedwe a Battery Wamagetsi, Kubwezeretsanso, ndi Chuma cha DSM." Bobbi-Jo anafunsa nkhani ya bizinesi ya DSM, podziwa kuti ndalama zokwera mtengo, zovuta zamakono, chitukuko cha zachuma, ndi zatsopano zasokoneza mwayi wopeza phindu, zomwe zimadzutsa mafunso akuluakulu okhudza kuthekera kwa makampani amigodi kuti athetse kuwonongeka kwa chilengedwe kapena kupereka kubwerera kulikonse ku mayiko Othandizira. Mwambowu unali ndi anthu 90 ochokera ku nthumwi za mayiko 25 komanso Secretariat ya ISA. Ambiri omwe adatenga nawo gawo adagawana kuti chidziwitso chamtunduwu sichinayambe chafotokozedwa pabwalo la ISA. 

Chiyambireni gawo lomaliza la ISA mu Novembala, takhala tikugwira ntchito 'molumikizana' kuti tipititse patsogolo chitetezo cha kulumikizana kwa chikhalidwe ndi nyanja, kuphatikiza ndi lingaliro la chikhalidwe cha pansi pa madzi, zonse zogwirika ndi zosaoneka. Msonkhano wokhudza cholowa chosawoneka bwino udakonzedwa kuti ukhale ndi "msonkhano wamwambo" womwe sukadalola aliyense wosayimira dziko kuti alankhule, motero kuchotsera mawu a anthu amtundu wamtundu omwe amalowa nawo zokambirana za nthumwi zomwe si zaboma (NGO) ndi zina zotero. Komabe, misonkhano yotereyi inathetsedwa pa gawoli, pamene mayiko ndi mabungwe a anthu adatsutsa njira yogwirira ntchito yotereyi. Pa gawo lalifupi la ola limodzi, mayiko ambiri adakambirana koyamba, akukambirana za ufulu wa Free, Pre, and Informed Consent (FPIC), zotchinga zakale zomwe anthu amtundu wawo amatenga nawo mbali, komanso funso lothandiza la momwe angatetezere chikhalidwe chosawoneka. cholowa.

Tikuyembekezera gawo la July ISA, lokhala ndi misonkhano ya Council ndi Assembly (zambiri za momwe ISA imagwirira ntchito ingapezeke Pano). Mfundo zazikuluzikulu zidzaphatikizapo kusankha Mlembi Wamkulu wa nthawi yomwe ikubwera. 

Mayiko ambiri anena kuti sindidzavomereza dongosolo lantchito kwanga popanda kumaliza malamulo ogwiritsira ntchito DSM. Bungwe la ISA Council, bungwe lomwe limayang'anira chigamulochi, lapanga ziganizo ziwiri mogwirizana, ponena kuti palibe ndondomeko za ntchito zomwe ziyenera kuvomerezedwa popanda malamulo. 

Pamayimbidwe a Investor a Marichi 25, 2024, CEO wawo adatsimikizira osunga ndalama kuti akuyembekeza kuyambitsa migodi (zochulukira zamchere zomwe zikuyang'aniridwa) mgawo loyamba la 2026, kutsimikizira kuti ikufuna kutumiza fomu yofunsira kutsatira gawo la Julayi 2024. Poganizira kuti zokambirana zaposachedwa ku ISA zakhala zikuyang'ana kwambiri pakuletsa migodi popanda malamulo, osati kutero, kampani iliyonse yomwe ikuyesera "kukakamiza" Mayiko omwe ali mamembala a ISA kuti akonze zofunsira kumigodi popanda malamulo angakhumudwe.