Waterspirit Executive Director Speaks out at U.N. Ocean Conference
The executive director of Waterspirit attended the United Nations Ocean Conference in Lisbon, Portugal. During the June 27 to July 1 event, Blair Nelsen spoke out against the looming menace of deep-sea mining on behalf of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Peace, Waterspirit, and the NGO Mining Working Group. Along with other civil society colleagues, Blair delivered a three-minute intervention during the 7th plenary session discussing the significant threat deep-sea mining poses to marine biodiversity, coastal communities and the entire planet. You can watch her remarks here. (It starts at 01:22:04.)
During the conference, Blair also moderated a virtual side event called The Sea is Sacred. It united important Christian voices against deep-sea mining.