GPB Passport icon GPB Passport icon Passport
GPB donate icon GPB donate icon Donate
Sign Up For Our Newsletter

News Articles: high seas

FILE - Fish swim near some bleached coral at Kisite Mpunguti Marine park, Kenya, June 11, 2022. For the first time, United Nations members have agreed on a unified treaty on Saturday, March 4, 2023, to protect biodiversity in the high seas — nearly half the planet's surface.

A treaty to protect the world's oceans has been agreed after a decade of talks

For the first time, United Nations members have agreed on a unified treaty to protect biodiversity in the high seas.

|
By:
  • The Associated Press