Chile’s ocean protection record and concerns over a rival Chinese bid keep it in play, despite questions over the Kast government’s environmental policies ...

Today, governments at the United Nations General Assembly adopted a landmark resolution that green-lights development of a New Marine Biodiversity Treaty for the High Seas and beyond. This decision ...

The High Seas Treaty has hit 100 ratifications following Germany, Canada, Australia and others depositing instruments at the UN.

In March 2023, after nearly 20 years of planning and negotiations, governments of the world agreed to the final text of the High Seas Treaty (HST). The treaty establishes important rules to protect ...

April 2 (UPI) --Delegates were gathered in the busy corridors at United Nations headquarters in New York this week for a pivotal round of talks to implement the High Seas Treaty, as a late-stage bid ...

A new United Nations treaty governing biodiversity in areas beyond national jurisdiction will enter into force on January 17th 2026, creating the first global framework to conserve life on the high ...

"The high seas cover two thirds of the global ocean. That's almost half the planet," Nathalie Rey, Senior Strategy Advisor at the High Seas Alliance, tells Euronews Earth. But until January this year, ...

Roughly two thirds of the ocean lies outside of any country’s jurisdiction. This area, encompassing about half of the Earth’s total surface, is known as the “high seas.” The high seas hold huge ...

New York, United States, March 31, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE)-- Global Fishing Watch CEO Tony Long has issued a statement in response to the the third and final Preparatory Commission of the High Seas ...

Funding will support Arctic Ocean monitoring, underwater research and expanded efforts to track effects of climate change ...