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 ...

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"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, ...

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 ...

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AMSTERDAN / LONDON, Feb 3 2026 (IPS) - “The ocean’s health is humanity’s health”, said UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, in September 2025. He was commenting after the High Seas Treaty (BBNJ) [1] ...

The world now has its first global rulebook for the open ocean, a legal framework that supporters say could finally put real limits on exploitation in waters beyond national control. The High Seas ...

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 ...

The Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction (BBNJ) agreement—often known as the High Seas Treaty—came into force in January 2026 following almost two decades of negotiations. Its key objectives are ...

The High Seas Treaty took effect Jan. 17, creating the first global framework to protect and manage the vast waters beyond national borders that cover more than 40 percent of the planet. Humanity is ...