ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES

SEABED QUARRYING
SEABED QUARRYING

Seabed Quarrying is the process of extracting, removing

and/or disposing quarry resources found in offshore areas.

Quarry Resources Primarily Including:

1. Sand
2. Minerals
 SEABED QUARRYING CAUSES

FOR CONSTRUCTION REHABILITATION OF PUBLIC

USE BEACHES

MANILA BAY
SEABED QUARRYING EFFECTS

1. Redtide
2. Coastal erosion
3. Affects the habitat of the sea
animals
4. Heavy metal contamination of the
seawater
 EFFECTIVE WAYS TO PREVENT
HARMFUL EFFECTS OF SEABED QUARRYING

IMPOSE NEW QUARRYING

REGULATION THAT AIMS TO
PROTECT THE NATURE AND STRICT APPROVAL ON
THE AQUAMARINE ANIMALS SEABED QUARRYING
PERMITS

STOP SEABED
QUARRYING
• Filipino Fishermen Alarmed by Seabed Quarrying in Their Waters (esq
uiremag.ph
)
• What is seabed mining and why does it threaten the oceans? - Greenp
eace
Aotearoa
• UPLB-SESAM joins the Oceana and NAST in a national colloquium on t
he impacts of seabed quarrying and ore mining
– SESAM
• End Destructive Seabed Quarrying in the Philippines | Maritime Fairtr
ade