The United Nations formally adopted a high seas treaty
The United Nations yesterday formally adopted a historic treaty designed to protect life in the high seas.
Key Features of the Treaty:
The treaty extends for the first time environmental protections to the two-thirds of the ocean that lie beyond national jurisdictions.
Treaty allow for the creation of marine protected areas.
Treaty allows the use of "area-based management tools" to more sustainably manage ocean resources.
Treaty offers an updated framework to The UN Convention on the Law of the Sea that came into force in 1994.
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