Portion of seabed bordering SA earmarked for mining, experts alarmed

31 May 2016 - 08:29
By BOBBY JORDAN

As much as 10% of the seabed bordering South Africa has been earmarked for mining, alarming fishing and environmental experts.The proposed mining activity has drawn opposition from the World Wide Fund for Nature, one of several organisations represented at a seabed mining seminar last week in Cape Town.

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