In March 2026, as governments wrapped up the first part of the International Seabed Authority’s 31st session in Kingston, Jamaica,

Half a century after the world's first deep sea mining tests picked nodules from the seafloor off the US east coast, the damage has barely begun to heal.

As the Council of the International Seabed Authority (ISA) concluded Part I of the ISA’s 30th Session

Abstract. Starting in 2018, the MARIPOLDATAbase has systematically cataloged observations covering the entire Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction (BBNJ) negotiations until their conclusion in Ju...