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Manganese nodules on the Atlantic Ocean floor off the southeastern United States, discovered in 2019 during the Deep Sea Ventures pilot test. Credit: National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration
High Seas Treaty exempts deep-sea mining from stricter environmental rules
March 9, 2023

Deep-sea mining will be exempted from environmental impact assessment (EIA) measures established under a landmark international oceans treaty, a move campaigners fear could undermine protection for the seabed.

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Ocean treaty: Historic agreement reached after decade of talks
March 6, 2023

Nations have reached a historic agreement to protect the world's oceans following 10 years of negotiations. The High Seas Treaty places 30 percent of the seas into protected areas by 2030, aiming to safeguard and recuperate marine nature.

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UN head says high seas treaty must be 'ambitious'
March 2, 2023

United Nations chief Antonio Guterres urged countries Wednesday to agree a "robust and ambitious" treaty to protect the high seas, as time starts to run out for negotiations.

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Stakes for ocean at conference 'couldn't be higher' says Pacific ambassador
February 24, 2023

Pacific leaders are urging UN member states to finalise a high seas treaty in the next two weeks to protect global marine biodiversity.

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UN ocean treaty talks resume with goal to save biodiversity
February 24, 2023

United Nations members gather Monday in New York to resume efforts to forge a long-awaited and elusive treaty to safeguard the world's marine biodiversity...The talks, formally called the Intergovernmental Conference on Marine Biodiversity of Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction, resume negotiation

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UN resuming talks on high-seas treaty amid growing concerns
August 20, 2022

After four inconclusive sessions, UN member states on Monday resume talks aimed at finally completing a treaty to protect the world's high seas, a vital yet fragile resource that covers nearly half the plan.

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Delegates convene to negotiate a high seas treaty in New York this month. Image by Julian Jackson / Pew.
Fourth round of U.N. talks fail to finalize a treaty to manage the high seas
March 25, 2022

U.N. member states met this month in New York to hash out a treaty governing the sustainable management of the high seas, resource-rich international waters that span about two-thirds of the ocean...

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Virtual reality may help us develop empathy for oceans and marine life. Credit - CC0 Public Domain
Virtual reality may help us develop empathy for oceans and marine life
October 8, 2021

Hundreds of kilometres from shore, and covering two-thirds of the Earth's surface, the high seas are a world that few of us will ever see. After more than a year in the field, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Ian Urbina concluded: "There are few remaining frontiers on our planet.

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Fisherman on board a Chinese fishing boat hauling the net. Image © Pierre Gleizes / Greenpeace.
Billions in fishing subsidies finance social, ecological harm, report finds
July 13, 2021

A new report found that the world’s top 10 fishing nations are spending billions of dollars on harmful fishing subsidies to not only exploit their own domestic waters, but to fish in the high seas and the waters of other nations.

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Artisanal fisherman unloads a catch of tuna, Papua, Indonesia (David Sundah / CC BY NC 2.0)
World Oceans Day: Why We Need a High Seas Biodiversity Treaty
June 11, 2021

Oceans cover 70 per cent of the Earth’s surface.

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