26 Jul UN adopts landmark high seas conservation treaty
After 20 years of negotiation, the United Nations has adopted a marine biodiversity treaty for the high seas, the first international agreement of its kind.
Whilst individual nations have jurisdiction over marine biodiversity out to the edge of their own waters, there have been few, if any, protections for the natural environment on the high seas.
This treaty creates a legal framework for the creation of marine protected areas on the high seas, in order to conserve biodiversity and protect 30% of the world’s land and sea by 2030.
From a shipping industry’s perspective, the High Seas Treaty agreement takes into account the International Maritime Organization’s (IMOs) role and aims to cover gaps in ocean governance to ensure that emerging high seas industries will be as well-regulated as shipping is by IMO.
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