INTERNATIONAL SEABED AUTHORITY
July 1st, 2001
BY KEITH NUTHALLMULTILATERAL sea and river organisations are usually created to deal with existing problems that cross national borders, but a new body has been making progress on a shipping issue that has yet even to happen: the exploitation and transport of subterranean solid mineral deposits.The Jamaica-based International Seabed Authority became an autonomous global organisation in 1996 and is tasked with controlling the mining of resources from ocean floors that are not part of a country's exclusive economic zone.With years, even decades, likely to pass ...
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