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Dr Diva Amon, marine biologist, researches the habitats and animals of the deep ocean, and how human activities impact them. She has participated in expeditions around the world and is a consultant on ocean policy. She is a founding member and director of the TT NGO SpeSeas and a scientific advisor at the Benioff Ocean Science Laboratory at University of California, Santa Barbara. This is the second part of the two-part feature, adapted from an article published on the World Economic Forum’s The Agenda on July 21 2022 .All photos courtesy NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research While the contentious climate talks in Egypt (COP 27, November 2022) captured headlines, another international meeting took place under the radar in Jamaica. The climate COP attracted 35,000 attendees; the meeting of the international body that regulates and controls mining activities in the high seas drew fewer than 500 delegates. Nonetheless, the outcomes of both meetings have the potential to profoundly...

An exhibition of art with ocean themes was mounted at the Trinidad Art Society on Saturday, January 14, by the Sustainable Ocean Alliance (SOA) to encourage its audience to restore the ocean and defend the deep. It was a significant event in their on-going project to raise awareness about the threats posed by Deep Seabed Mining. The Sustainable Ocean Alliance is working in support of a moratorium on Deep Seabed Mining sanctioned by the International Seabed Authority and likely to start as early as July this year, said Khadija Stewart, Coordinator of SOA Caribbean for Trinidad and Tobago. The Sustainable Ocean Alliance is a global non-governmental organization started in 2014 to mobilize a network of young people in support of the world’s oceans. SOA “has cultivated the world's largest network of next-gen leaders, entrepreneurs, advocates, mentors, and partners, working to create solutions for the largest challenges facing our ocean.” DEFENDERS OF THE DEEP ...