Seabed mining threatens whales and dolphins in Taranaki Bight. The proposed mining could be like "living with a vacuum cleaner" for whales 🐋: • Whales use the area for feeding, breeding & raising young 🍼 • Constant noise from mining could disrupt communication & migration 🔊 Various species of whales and dolphins migrate through this area, and whales in the bight also feed, give birth and raise their calves when there is a rich food source available. A resident population of whales also reside permanently in these waters and whale calls have been recorded showing they are present every day of the year. A new independent decision-making committee from the Environmental Protection Agency is considering evidence and submissions for an application from Trans-Tasman Resources Limited (TTRL) to mine iron sands off the south coast of Taranaki. For a decade, TTRL has tried to win the required consents to extract up to 50 million tonnes of sand each year from the seabed within the South Taranaki Bight. After extracting iron, titanium and vanadium, the mining ship would discharge about 45 million tonnes of sediment back on to the seabed. 🌊 https://lnkd.in/giAede75 #SeabedMining #WhaleConservation #DolphinProtection #EnvironmentalThreats
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Great decision. Just ban deep-sea mining in high-biodiversity waters. https://lnkd.in/evuVWhZ3
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Erosion is a huge cost for mining companies - which geomorphic design can help resolve.
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This is my biggest takeaway from the University of Queensland’s course on soil, erosion and sediment control: 1.7 billion tons of soil is lost to water and wind erosion every year. Erosion is one of the key environmental challenges for the mining industry. This is a huge cost for mining companies, which geomorphic reclamation can help resolve. I took the course to level up my knowledge of erosion, sediment control plans and erosion modelling. #mining #mineclosure #geomorphicdesign
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