Fathoming the Scale of Extraction*
In their routine reports on global fisheries catches, the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) normalises staggering levels of human predation.
Read MoreIn their routine reports on global fisheries catches, the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) normalises staggering levels of human predation.
Read MoreHuman predation on marine beings increased exponentially from the industrialised 1900s. Myers and Worm estimate that the ‘biomass’ of large
Read MoreHMAP[1] researchers measured the number of marine animals taken from the ocean over centuries of fishing and whaling activity. In
Read MoreThe ocean is more than a life realm, the sum of species biodiversity, a vibrant phenomenon, space or fluid. Their local
Read MoreExtractivism’s latest frontier has reached the remote, deep seabed. Corporations and their state sponsors are gearing up to mine manganese nodule
Read MoreThe exploitation phase of the deep sea mining regime is looming into reality with resource corporations keen to extract mineral
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