How can a license area for deepsea mining in the Clarion Clipperton Zone, CCZ, granted in 1974 to a US company, land decades later in the hands of Belgian dredging company DEME, which shares it with the Cook Islands? It is an intricacy of the governance of the common heritage of mankind that raises questions. Do enclosures of international waters last forever? But also: can we imagine tactics to undo enclosures and turn towards re-commoning?

From: Undo Enclosures