The government of French Polynesia plans to challenge an American startup’s proposal to explore the waters just beyond its maritime borders for seabed mining. “We were approached, but we were not consulted,” Moetai Brotherson, the territory’s president, told Grist. “We are not remaining passive...
Source: [Grist](https://grist.org/indigenous/french-polynesia-objects-to-an-american-seabed-mining-plan-made-without-its-input/)