Hon NANAIA MAHUTA: We're committed to ensuring that the ISA adopts a robust mining code that provides for a high standard of environmental protection in all deep-sea mining, including the application of the precautionary approach. This is consistent with the requirements of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, which requires the International Seabed Authority to develop a regulatory framework that ensures the effective protection of the marine environment from harmful effects that may arise from deep-sea mining.