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A Turning Point for the Ocean: What the High Seas Treaty Means

With more than 60 countries on board, the new international law will soon enter into force, ushering in the world’s first framework to conserve biodiversity across two-thirds of the ocean.

By Teresa Tomassoni

Fish swim underwater at the North Seymour Island dive site in the Galapagos archipelago, Ecuador. Credit: Ernesto Benavides/AFP via Getty Images
Fish swim underwater at North Seymour Island in Ecuador’s Galapagos on March 11. Greenpeace has called for the creation of a high seas marine protected zone under the U.N. high seas treaty to secure a much wider area around the Galapagos islands. Credit: Ernesto Benavides/AFP via Getty Images

To Protect Vast Expanses of Ocean Beyond All National Boundaries, 60 Nations Must Ratify the Treaty of the High Seas

By Teresa Tomassoni

Fishermen pull up fish in their gillnet during a midwater pair trawl on the Gulf of Gascony sea, off the coast of France, on Jan. 8, 2020. Protecting high seas ecosystems would also benefit commercial fisheries nearer to the shore by boosting overall fish stocks. Credit: Loic Venance/AFP via Getty Images

Can the New High Seas Treaty Help Limit Global Warming?

By Delaney Dryfoos, Bob Berwyn

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