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09 Apr 2021 Representational use only. Image Source: Eco-Business.com April 9, Bengaluru: Indian activists have joined worldwide environment conservationists and oceanographers in opposing the recently announced Deep Ocean Mission by the Government of India. The Mineral Inheritors Rights Association (MIRA) – an association of several civil society groups and networks in India – has called for a “moratorium” on the proposal by the government to explore the ocean floor for minerals. A press release and a letter sent by the association to the secretary of the Ministry of Earth Sciences said the “mission will not only have a disastrous impact...
