Brussels. ʻO ka Hui Hoomalu Kai Hohonu (DSCC), Environmental Justice Foundation (EJF), Greenpeace, Seas at Risk (SAR), Sustainable Ocean Alliance (SOA) a me ka World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) ua hōʻike i ko lākou mahalo no ka hoʻokomo Olelo Hooholo B9 0095/2024 e ka Pāremata ʻEulopa e pili ana i ka hoʻoholo ʻana o Norewai e hoʻomau i ka ʻeli kai hohonu ma ka Arctic. Hōʻike kēia ʻōlelo hoʻoholo i ka piʻi ʻana o ke kūʻē ʻana i ka ʻoihana eli kai hohonu ma muli o ke koho ʻana o Norewai.
Ke koho nei nā Pāremata ʻEulopa i ka Resolution B9 0095/2024 i kahi leka. Hōʻike i nā manaʻo hopohopo koʻikoʻi e pili ana i ka hoʻolālā o Norewai e wehe i nā wahi ākea ma nā wai Arctic no nā hana ʻeli kai hohonu. Ua hōʻoia hou ka ʻōlelo hoʻoholo i ka ʻae ʻana o ka Pāremata i ka hoʻomaha. Ke koi nei i ke Komisina o EU, nā Moku'āina a me nā lāhui a pau e hoʻokō i kahi ala mālama a kākoʻo no ka moratorium, ma ka ʻeli kai hohonu me ka International Seabed Authority.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Sandrine Polti, alakaʻi ʻEulopa no ka DSCC, "Ua mahalo nui mākou i kēia ʻōlelo hoʻoholo a ka Pāremata ʻEulopa e hōʻoia hou ana i kāna kāhea no ka moratorium ma kēia ʻoihana luku a me ka pilikia ma mua o ka hoʻomaka ʻana. Ke ulu nei ka manawa i ka honua no ka moratorium, ke kāhea nei mākou iā Norewai e hoʻohuli i kāna hoʻoholo ma mua o ka hoʻokau ʻia ʻana o ka pōʻino i ko mākou moana.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Anne-Sophie Roux, Deep Sea Mining Europe Lead no ka SOA, "I kēia manawa, nele mākou i ka ʻike ʻepekema paʻa, piha, a hilinaʻi hoʻi e ʻae ai i ka loiloi hilinaʻi o nā hopena o ka ʻili ʻana o ka mineral kai hohonu. No laila, e kū'ē ana kēlā me kēia hana mining i ka hoʻokō ʻana o Norewai i ke ala mālama, ka hoʻokele hoʻomau, a me nā kuleana kūlohelohe a me nā ʻano.
Haldis Tjeldflaat Helle, Kai-Hohonu Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Mining Campaign Lead ma Greenpeace Nordic, "Ma ka wehe ʻana i ka ʻeli ʻana o ke kai hohonu ma ka Arctic, ke nānā ʻole nei ʻo Norewai i nā haneli o nā ʻepekema moana hopohopo a nalowale ka hilinaʻi āpau ma waho ma ke ʻano he lāhui moana kuleana. He ʻōlelo aʻo kēia i kekahi aupuni e noʻonoʻo ana e hana i ka ʻeli ʻana i ke kai hohonu.
ʻO ka ʻōlelo hoʻoholo o ka Pāremata e hele mai ma hope o ka ʻae ʻana o ka pāremata, ma Ianuali 9, 2024, e ʻae i nā hana eli kai hohonu ma kahi o 280,000 mau kilomita, ʻo ia hoʻi ka nui like me Italia, ma ka ʻāina ʻo Arctic ecologically fragile. ʻO kēia hoʻoholo i hoʻāla i ka hopohopo nui i waena o ke kaiāulu honua, e komo pū me nā ʻepekema, ka ʻoihana lawaiʻa, NGOs/civil society, a me nā mea hana, me kahi palapala hoopii e hōʻiliʻili ana ma luna o 550,000 mau pūlima a hiki i kēia lā. Ua manaʻo ka Norwegian Environment Agency ʻaʻole i hāʻawi ʻia ka loiloi hopena kaiapuni i hāʻawi ʻia e ke aupuni Norewai i kahi kumu ʻepekema a i ʻole kumu kānāwai e wehe ai no ka ʻimi ʻana a i ʻole ka hoʻohana ʻana.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Kaja Lønne Fjærtoft, ka Global No Deep Seabed Mining Policy Lead for WWF International, "ʻO ka hoʻoholo a ke aupuni Norewai e wehe i nā hana eli kai hohonu e hoʻopiʻi ana i nā ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo a kona mau kino loea, alakaʻi ʻepekema, nā kulanui, nā ʻoihana kālā, a hui kīwila. Ma ke ʻano he alakaʻi kai hoʻolaha ponoʻī, pono e alakaʻi ʻia ʻo Norewai e ka ʻepekema. Maikaʻi ka hōʻike - no ke kai maikaʻi, pono mākou i kahi moratorium honua ma ke kai hohonu.
ʻO ka ʻōlelo hoʻoholo i hoʻoholo ʻia e ka Parliament e hōʻike ana i nā hopohopo e pili ana i ka manaʻo o Norewai e komo i nā hana eli kai hohonu a me nā hopena hiki ke loaʻa i kēia mau hana i nā lawaiʻa EU, ka palekana meaʻai, nā mea ola moana Arctic a me nā ʻāina e pili ana. Eia kekahi, e hōʻike ana i ka hopohopo e hiki ʻole ana ʻo Norewai i nā kānāwai o ka honua ma ka hoʻokō ʻole ʻana i nā pae hoʻohālike, no ka hoʻokō ʻana i kahi loiloi hopena kaiapuni.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Simon Holmström, Luna Hoʻonaʻauao Kūʻai Kūlohelohe ma Seas At Risk, "Aia nā kaiaola Arctic i lalo o ke kaomi nui ma muli o ka hoʻololi ʻana i ke aniau. Inā ʻae ʻia ka ʻeli ʻana o ke kai hohonu, hiki iā ia ke hoʻopau i ka pōʻai kalapona nui loa o ka honua - ke kai hohonu - a lilo i mea hiki ʻole ke hoʻihoʻi ʻia a me ka nalowale mau ʻana o nā ʻano olaola kai i loko a ma waho o nā wai o Norewai. ʻAʻole hiki iā mākou ke ʻae i kēlā hana. "
I kēia lā, 24 mau ʻāina ma ka honua holoʻokoʻa, me 7 mau ʻāina EU, ke kāhea nei i kahi moratorium a hoʻomaha paha i ka ʻoihana. ʻO nā hui multinational e like me Google, Samsung, Northvolt, Volvo, a me BMW ua hoʻohiki ʻaʻole e loaʻa i nā minerala mai ke kai. Ke hoʻomau nei nā hōʻike i ka hōʻike ʻana ʻaʻole pono nā metala i loaʻa i ke kai hohonu a hāʻawi wale i nā pōmaikaʻi kālā liʻiliʻi i kahi liʻiliʻi i koho ʻia, e kūʻē ana i nā koi o nā ʻoihana eli kai hohonu.
Ua hoʻohui ʻo Martin Webeler, Deep-Sea Mining Campaign Lead no ka Environmental Justice Foundation, "ʻAʻole pono ka mining hohonu no ka hoʻololi ʻōmaʻomaʻo. ʻAʻole ʻo ka luku ʻana i nā kaiaola kaiaola kokoke i ka maʻemaʻe, ʻaʻole ia e hoʻōki i ka nalowale o nā mea olaola a ʻaʻole ia e kōkua iā mākou e hoʻoponopono i ka pilikia o ke aniau - e hōʻino ʻia lākou. Pono mākou i ka noʻonoʻo koʻikoʻi: ʻo ka hoʻokō piha ʻana i ka ʻoihana pōʻai a me ka hōʻemi holoʻokoʻa o ka noi no nā mineral e lilo i kumu alakaʻi.
ʻO ka ʻae ʻana o ka Pāremata ʻEulopa i ka Resolution B9 0095/2024 e hōʻike ana aia kahi hopohopo pili e pili ana i nā hopena o ka ʻeli kai hohonu, ma ka Arctic. ʻO ka hopena, ua kāhea ʻia e kāpae i kēia ʻoihana. Ke ulu ikaika nei ka kūʻē ʻana o ka honua, kūʻē i ka ʻeli kai hohonu, e hōʻike ana i ke ʻano o ka mālama ʻana a me ka hana ʻana i nā mea e pale ai i ko mākou moana.
