Navigating Seabed Mining in the Cook Islands: A Conversation with John Parianos

Nonresident Fellow Mahlet Mesfin sits down with John Parianos of the Cook Islands Seabed Minerals Authority to discuss seabed mining and how the Cook Islands are approaching the many questions that surround it. 0:00 Governing Seabed Minerals in the Cook Islands 0:29 Coordinating Domestic & International Regulatory Frameworks 1:52 Assessing Environmental Risk in the Deep Ocean 3:30 Defining Acceptable Impact: The Cook Islands Approach 4:42 Moving Beyond Polarization Toward Evidence-Based Decision Making