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Samoa says village committees drive ocean governance, urges scientific caution on deep-sea mining
Summary
At a UN Ocean Conference panel in Nice, Samoa's ambassador described Samoa's Samoa Ocean Strategy and a multi-ministry governance committee, highlighted village women's committees as implementation drivers, and warned that deep-sea mining should not proceed without robust scientific evidence.
At the UN Ocean Conference panel in Nice, Ambassador P Luteru, Samoa's permanent representative to the United Nations, described Samoa's Samoa Ocean Strategy (SOS) and said the country has established an ocean governance committee spanning multiple ministries to align ocean management with national development priorities.
"We have set up what we call SOS, which stands for Samoa Ocean Strategy," Luteru said, adding that the committee is…
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