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01 Aug 2017

Possible Treaty for the High Seas UN Headquarters – Final Round of Negotiations this week

Countries meet at UN Headquarters in New York for the final round of negotiations toward a possible treaty for the high seas, a new scientific review of recent ocean research has been launched to show the importance of ocean resources to humans. The report, authored by scholars at the University of Oxford for the High Seas Alliance, […]

15 Aug 2016

World Heritage in the High Seas: An Idea whose Time Has Come

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A report by some of the world’s leading advocates on protecting the ocean World Heritage in the High Seas: An Idea Whose Time Has Come World Heritage Reports 44. July 2016, UNESCO World Heritage Convention. Online Publication By D. Freestone, D. Laffoley, F. Douvere, T. Badman. (2016).

06 Jul 2015

New Recognition for Marine Biodiversity in the UN Law of the Sea

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This is a key development and doesn’t seem to have been reported on the official websites. Hence this interesting source: World Ocean Council: ‘The U.N. General Assembly (UNGA) last week adopted a formal resolution to develop a legally-binding treaty for the conservation of marine biodiversity on the ‘high seas’. The new ocean regulations are proposed […]