About
Even before arriving in Kingston, very few participants doubted that the draft regulations for deep-seabed mining would dominate discussions, given their role in unlocking the flow of monetary benefits into the ISA. Equally, quite a few Member States and stakeholders saw this meeting as an opportunity to ensure that the “regs” put in place the necessary environmental safeguards for a risky activity in the least known global ecosystem: the deep sea.
Final report
Summary report 5–9 March 2018
All coverage
View past and future events
Past event
23rd Annual Session of the International Seabed Authority
Past event
1st Part of the 24th Session of the International Seabed Authority
Past event
2nd Part of the 24th Session of the International Seabed Authority
Past event
1st Part of the 25th Annual Session of the International Seabed Authority (ISA)
Past event
2nd Part of the 25th Annual Session of the International Seabed Authority (ISA)
Past event
1st Part of the 26th Annual Session of the International Seabed Authority (ISA)
Past event
27th Session of the Assembly of the International Seabed Authority (ISA-27)
Past event
1st Part of the 28th Annual Session of the International Seabed Authority (ISA)
Past event
2nd Part of the 28th Annual Session of the International Seabed Authority
Past event
3rd Part of the 28th Annual Session of the International Seabed Authority
Past event
1st Part of the 29th Annual Session of the International Seabed Authority
Past event