Paddle Out - Stop Deep-Sea Mining

Let's paddle out together to join the global protest against Deep-Sea Mining. [From deep-sea-conservation.org](https://deep-sea-conservation.org/global-activation-against-deep-sea-mining-paddle-out-for-a-moratorium/) -

On July 20 people around the world will rise and gather in defense of one of Earth’s last untouched frontiers: the deep sea. As governments convene for the crucial International Seabed Authority (ISA) meeting in Kingston, Jamaica (July 7 – 25), to decide if deep-sea mining will be permitted in international waters, a powerful global wave of ocean lovers will take to the water in a united call: Stop deep-sea mining before it starts.

Why we’re rising:

1. Deep-sea mining would cause irreversible harm to the ocean and climate, destroying fragile ecosystems, threatening carbon sequestration and storage, and pushing unique species toward extinction before we’ve even discovered them.
2. The industry has no social license, no proven value, and no future. Scientists, governments, Indigenous leaders, businesses, and communities across the world are united behind a moratorium, calling for decisions based on science, not short-term profit.
3. Deep-sea mining is a threat to global cooperation and multilateralism. Mining companies are rushing to bypass international processes and international ocean governance so they can plunder the deep sea and the common heritage of humankind for private profit.