#unclos — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #unclos, aggregated by home.social.
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Strait of Hormuz: Why the US and Iran are sailing in very different legal waters. #chokepoints #DonaldTrump #Iran #Maritimelaw #StraitofHormuz #StraitofHormuzblockade #TrumpAdministration #UNCLOS #UnitedNations #USIran #Waterways
https://iwpost.com/strait-of-hormuz-why-the-us-and-iran-are-sailing-in-very-different-legal-waters/?fsp_sid=13541 -
It boggles the mind that #Nauru isn't learning from past mistakes. Also, 10,000 people, who will barely profit from #DeepSeaMining, are buying the hype while #DeepGreen and #GerardBarron disrupts #DeepSeaLife, possibly permanently! Not good...
"#Australia, #NewZealand and #Britain had nearly exhausted the viable deposits of #phosphate by 1968 when Australia granted Nauru sovereignty, leaving behind one of the world’s worst #environmental #disasters."
#Corruption, incompetence and a musical: Nauru’s cursed history
The once-wealthy island now barely survives on income from Australia’s #detention regime and is pinning its economic hopes on #UnderseaMining
Anne Davies and Ben Doherty
Mon 3 Sep 2018"During the 1990s it transformed into a #moneylaundering haven selling banking licences and passports, including diplomatic passports, which confer immunity. Customers included the #RussianMafia and al-Qaida."
https://amp.theguardian.com/world/2018/sep/04/corruption-incompetence-and-a-musical-naurus-riches-to-rags-tale#WaterIsLife #NoDeepSeaMining #Extinction #Environment #UNConventionLawOfTheSea #LawOfTheSeaConvention #UNCLOS #OceansAreLife #RecycleMetals #FindAlternatives #Corruption