Publication Alert: Civil society mobilisation and the politics of deep-sea mining in the Pacific: A case study of the campaign for a moratorium

We’re pleased to share that Villiame, Pascale Hatcher, and Jhon Blesia’s new open-access article is now published in The Extractive Industries and Society. In this timely piece, the authors examine Pacific civil society mobilisation against deep-sea mining across local, regional, and global scales. Drawing on ethnographic research, the article explores how moratorium and ban campaigns are shaped by diverse understandings of risk, knowledge systems, and strategic pragmatism, while also illuminating their connections to broader struggles over ocean governance, political legitimacy, and post-extractive futures in the Pacific.

Check it out here: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S2214790X26000729