Decimating the Deep: The Dangers of Ocean Floor Mining With Jonathan Mesulam

Skaana with Mark Leiren-Young | Oceans, Eco-Ethics & The Environment

Jonathan Mesulam @MesulamJonathan Founder and Coordinator of the West Coast Development Foundation in New Guinea talks with Skaana host Mark Leiren-Young @leirenyoung about the crucial fight to stop Deep Sea Mining in his home – New Guinea – and around the world.

Shownotes:

5:00 Welcome to Jonathan Mesulam
10:00 The importance of the church in fighting sea bed mining in New Guinea

12:20 Calling out Canada for allowing Canadian companies to mine in the waters off other countries

14:49 “No one knows the risk.”

16:23 On displacing communities. “If the sea is destroyed where are people going to get food?”

21:40 On leaving teaching to fight for the oceans.

25:12 “This fight is not really about us, it’s about everyone.”

27:00 All the places the sign we carried has traveled.

28:32 What he’d like Canadians to do. “We’re looking at the Pacific Ocean and it’s connecting you and me.Any activity on the Pacific Ocean is going to affect your coastline as well. The sea has no boundary… Canadians really need to speak up… Canadians should say no to sea bed mining… This project is a Canadian initiation.”

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