INTERNATIONAL SEABED AUTHORITY | 14 November 2017 JAMAICA, Kingston – – The International Seabed Authority has engaged with the Pew Seabed Mining Project in several areas including partnerships in relation to workshops in environmental matters held in Berlin and a workshop in Uganda earlier this year – the first to be held in a landlocked […]
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INTERNATIONAL SEABED AUTHORITY | 9 November 2017 JAMAICA, Kingston – – The Secretary-General of the International Seabed Authority, today hosted a briefing session for Kingston-based Permanent Representatives to the Authority. In his brief, Mr Lodge spoke about the Authority’s work in progress following the decisions adopted during the 23rd Session in August. At the briefing […]
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INTERNATIONAL SEABED AUTHORITY | 7 November 2017 JAMAICA, Kingston – – Her Excellency Mrs Inés Fors Fernández, today presented her credentials to Secretary-General, Michael Lodge, as the new Permanent Representative of the Republic of Cuba to the International Seabed Authority. Ambassador Fors Fernández is also Ambassador of the Republic of Cuba to Jamaica. Prior to […]
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INTERNATIONAL SEABED AUTHORITY | 6 November 2017 JAMAICA, Kingston – – HE Hiromasa Yamazaki, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Japan, today presented his credentials to Secretary-General, Michael Lodge, as the new Permanent Representative of Japan to the International Seabed Authority. Ambassador Yamazaki is also Ambassador to Jamaica and non-Resident Ambassador to Belize. During his meeting […]
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As the ocean becomes increasingly industrialized, governments are starting to rely on a strategy long deployed with mixed results to mitigate the destruction of habitats on land: offsets. The idea is make up for the loss of biodiversity from development by creating or rehabilitating habitat elsewhere. Now researchers have called into question the efficacy of […]
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The 23rd Annual Session of the International Seabed Authority – and the first Annual Session under new Secretary General Michael Lodge – convened 31 July 2017 at the ISA headquarters in Kingston, Jamaica. By the time of the final gavel on 18 August, the ISA had made a series of decisions with major implications both […]
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INTERNATIONAL SEABED AUTHORITY | 21 September 2017 JAMAICA, Kingston – – Mr Lee Young-gyu, chargé d’affaires ad interim of the Embassy of the Republic of Korea presented his credentials to Secretary-General, Michael Lodge, as the new Permanent Representative of the Republic of Korea to the International Seabed Authority on Wednesday, 20 September 2017. Prior to […]
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TODD WOODY on OCEANS DEEPLY | 6 September 2017 “KINGSTON, Jamaica – At the International Seabed Authority’s ocean-side headquarters, delegates from dozens of countries stroll through breezeways adorned with the works of Jamaican artists as the United Nations-chartered organization’s annual meeting begins its second week. No one, however, is entering a conference room where the […]
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SYRANNO BAINES in JAMAICA GLEANER | 12 August 2017 “For the first time in its history, provision has been made for a review of the work of the International Seabed Authority (ISA). The provision which falls under Article 154 of the Law of the Sea Convention will see the general assembly considering a report produced by […]
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MARINELOG | 10 Aug 2017 “By working with the International Seabed Authority (ISBA), Nigeria is set to benefit from deep sea mining, said Dr. Dakuku Peterside, Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), speaking at the opening ceremony of the 23rd Assembly of the International Seabed Authority (ISBA) held in Kingston, […]
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