Traditional and Socio-Ecological Dimensions of Seabed Resource Management and Applicable Legal Frameworks in the Pacific Island States

Tilot, Virginie; Guilloux, Bleuenn; Willaert, Klaas; Mulalap, Clement Yow; Bambridge, Tamatoa; Gaulme, François; Kacenelenbogen, Edwige; Grissac, Alain Jeudy de; Navas, Juan Moreno; Dahl, Arthur L.

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-87982-2_22

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“…It can open up productive avenues for conversation on both the "whether" and the "how" questions, in ways that decolonize knowledge and science, and allow for greater input from those most likely to be adversely affected by deep seabed mining, therefore safeguarding their interests on the basis of their cultures and epistemologies. 14 The ISA is the body that controls the Area for the benefit of humankind. Any balancing of interests needs to account for the impact of an action on identity, and here the ISA needs to bring Indigenous peoples and local communities to the table to participate meaningfully.…”

Section: Seabed Mining Identity and Participationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Integrating Culture, Heritage, and Identity in Deep Seabed Mining Regulation

Lixinski

2024

AJIL Unbound

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Ongoing deep seabed mining negotiations evoke two competing visions of the ocean: as a vast (social) emptiness rich in wealth for the taking; or as a place where deep human connections exist despite arbitrary lines drawn to distribute states’ legal authority over it. The first tends to be the prevailing view, and the second is a challenger grounded on culture and identity. In this essay, I wish to unpack the roles of traditional knowledge and cultural heritage in deep seabed mining negotiations. I argue that attention to states’ broader international legal obligations requires the deep seabed mining regime to take heritage and identity more seriously than it does at present, and thus to provide better pathways for communities with cultural links to the ocean to be involved in deep seabed mining negotiations. In particular, I show that intangible cultural heritage, a form of cultural heritage largely absent from deep seabed mining negotiations thus far, provides more solid doctrinal and practical ground for the regime's engagement with culture and identity.

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Section: Seabed Mining Identity and Participationmentioning

confidence: 99%