WORLD Posted on March 7, 2023 9:28 am By Agency The UN Member states have finally agreed to a legally-binding “high seas treaty” to protect marine life in international waters, a fragile and vital treasure that covers nearly half the planet, according to the United Nation news. After ...
On 4 March, UN negotiators agreed the first ever treaty to protect the world's oceans that lie outside national boundaries. The Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction (BBNJ) agreement, known as the High Seas Treaty, will inevitably have implications for international shipping, but exactly what ...
High seas treaty: UN reaches agreement to protect international waters Treaty provides legal framework for establishing vast marine protected areas and share out genetic resources Sun Mar 05 2023 - 07:26 Growing chants that all wars come to an end and negotiations must begin feeds Putin’s hopes...
Members of the United Nations (UN) adopted the first-ever treaty to protect marine life in the high seas on Monday, which environmental experts believe is a significant step forward for protecting a wide range of the Earth's biodiversity at a time when climate change and water pollution are ...
For the first time, United Nations members have agreed on a unified treaty to protect biodiversity in the high seas, concluding two weeks of talks in New York.
THE implications for the shipping industry from a United Nations treaty to protect marine biological diversity may be limited for now as it is seen as an instrument to allow regulation of the high seas across industries. A UN intergovernmental conference agreed at the weekend on a legally binding...
The future treaty on plastic pollution would complement the global arsenal to protect the oceans, including the new historic treaty to protect the high seas signed this week by some 70 countries. "The fact that we're going to move forward and protect that piece of the ocean that is beyond ...
In this file photo taken on Aug. 1, 2022, the United Nations headquarters is seen in New York City. After four inconclusive sessions, UN member states on August 15, 2022, resumed talks aimed at finally completing a treaty to protect the world's high seas, a vital yet fragile resource th...
The agreement is a once-in-a-generation opportunity for researchers and funders to use every idea and instrument available to preserve the health of the seas.#The agreement is a once-in-a-generation opportunity for researchers and funders to use every idea and instrument available to preserve ...
Digital Sequence Information in the UN High Seas Treaty: Insights from the Global Biodiversity Framework-related DecisionsIn December 2022, the 15th Conference of the Parties (COP) to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) adopted the Global Biodiversity Framework. The Decisi...