Global Plastics Treaty Delegates gather in Canada for the latest round of negotiations towards a Global Plastics Treaty(including in the marine environment), with analysis by EIA finding that the Treaty ‘could halve plastic production emissions’ and Pew puts forward its recommendations for a ‘Global Solution’. Meanwhile, research shows that plant-based plastic releases nine times less […]
Seabirds roam far and wide in the Indian Ocean – so they need ocean-wide protection, new research shows. All other oceans are known to contain “hotspots” where predators including seabirds feast on prey. (Photo Antoine Boissonot) But the new study – by a team including Exeter, Heriot-Watt and Réunion universities, and ZSL – found no […]
The high seas encompass two-thirds of the world’s oceans, but only 1% currently has protected status. More than seventy countries and the European Union have now signed the high seas treaty, signalling interest in ratifying the agreement designed to protect marine biodiversity in international waters. The treaty, officially known as the treaty on “Biodiversity Beyond […]
The world’s first international treaty to protect the high seas was adopted at the United Nations on Monday 19th June. The commonly referred to ‘High Seas Treaty’, or more fully the Intergovernmental Conference on Marine Biodiversity of Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction (BBNJ / ABNJ), is the legal framework that aims to ensure the conservation and […]
The fourth session of the Intergovernmental Conference on Sustainable Use of Marine Biodiversity of Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction (also known as the BBNJ or High Seas Treaty), begins this week and runs to 18 March at the UN in New York. The UK Prime Minister announced in February that the country will be joining the High Ambition Coalition on […]