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The ocean ‘belongs to all of us’: Interview with Palau President Whipps
The President of Palau, Surangel S. Whipps Jr., has been calling for a moratorium — an official pause — on deep-sea mining in international waters for more than two years now, and he continues to reiterate his position. Palau has banned deep-sea mining in …