From 9th June, the United Nations Ocean Conference is being held in France, which is co-hosting the event with Costa Rica.

More than 50 world leaders are expected to attend, with 1500 delegates from almost 200 countries. 

The conference follows the world’s first deep-sea mining application for the international seabed, which was submitted to the United States government as opposed to the United Nations regulator.

Wire Host Caeden spoke to Juressa Lee (Te Rarawa, Ngāpuhi, Rarotonga), seabed mining campaigner at Greenpeace, about the conference.