Amongst the riches of the seabed, deeply embedded into its ecosystems, are minerals such as copper, cobalt, nickel and manganese. Their potential industrial value means that prospectors are keen to extract them, so a new, highly speculative, deep-sea mining industry is emerging.

The Deep Sea Conservation Coalition filter the murky waters of deep-sea mining and ask, do we really need to mine the deep ocean?

More information can be found on the DeepSea Conservation Coalition website

Join leading ocean scientists, policy experts and activists including Dr Diva Amon, Professor Dan Laffoley, Maureen Penjueli, Farah Obaidullah and Matthew Gianni as well as Claudia Becker, a senior BMW expert in sustainable supply-chains for an unmissable exploration of the new threat facing the deep sea.