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Bleached coral, a consequence of global warming, in Mo'orea, French Polynesia © Getty
November 14, 2019
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In March 2020, governments will meet in New York to try to complete a UN treaty to ensure “conservation and sustainable use of marine biodiversity of areas beyond national jurisdiction”. Coastal states have exclusive rights over the seas up to 200 nautical miles from their land, but the waters further out — the so-called high seas — are less regulated.

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