Mar. 5BBCreports that international countries have reached the High Seas Treaty A historic agreement to protect the world’s oceans on Saturday, March 4, local time. After 10 years of negotiations, this latest negotiated for 38 hours at the United Nations headquarters in New York City. United States
Greenpeace activists hold a banner calling for the High Seas Treaty. Outside the United Nations headquarters in New York (AFP)
In essence, 30 percent of the high seas are areas that must be protected. To aim to protect and restore the nature of the sea. The reason for the long negotiations for 10 years was because they could not agree on funding and fishing rights.
The new treaty will limit the amount of fish available. Maritime routes and exploration activities such as deep-sea mining. After environmental activists were concerned that the mining process could disrupt the breeding grounds for the animals. It creates noise pollution and is toxic to marine life.
In the past, marine animals living outside of protected areas were vulnerable to climate change. Overfishing and sailing The assessment of marine species around the world found that nearly 10 percent are at risk of extinction.
The international agreement on ocean protection that was signed 40 years ago isUnited Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, 1982 which defines an area known as the high seas or international waters where all countries have fishing rights sail and research But only 1.2 percent of these waters are protected.
International Seabed Organization (ISA) It said any future activities in the deep seabed would be subject to strict environmental regulations and oversight to ensure that has conducted activities responsibly and sustainably
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