The United Nations adopted a pact commonly known as the High Seas Treaty, which establishes the first-ever framework for governing practices (fishing, mining and oil extraction) in international waters, an issue that has threatened oceanic ecosystems across the globe with little oversight.
Current Governing Structure
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What is in the Treaty?
MPAs in India
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Major issues in the Waters
More than 17 million metric tons of plastic entered the world’s ocean in 2021, making up 85 per cent of marine litter, and projections are expected to double or triple each year by 2040. |
What to watch for?
The treaty still needs to be ratified by at least 60 members to go into effect. In the U.S., the Senate has to either approve or deny a resolution to ratify a UN treaty—the U.S. is not part of the Law of the Sea. The new agreement “is critical to addressing the threats facing the ocean, and to the success of ocean-related goals and targets.
Verifying, please be patient.
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