Our recent report showed that plans to mine the deep seabed for metals and minerals would harm this sensitive environment. So we are delighted to see that several major companies have joined our call for a global moratorium on deep seabed mining, and for alternative solutions that don’t cause environmental harm. The move was led by the BMW Group and joined by Samsung SDI, Google and Volvo Group, who all pledge not to source any minerals from the deep sea, to keep mineral resources from the deep sea out of their supply chains and not to finance deep sea mining activities. WWF invites other companies to get involved by signing this statement calling for a moratorium. People as well as the natural world are at risk from this activity, with potential harmful effects on global fisheries threatening the main protein source of around 1 billion people and the livelihoods of around 200 million people, many in poor coastal communities.
