Taskforce on Ocean Governance

71 countries are negotiating a new biodiversity treaty. Here’s what you need to know.

Article in the Washington Post (19 September 2018) by Elizabeth Nyman, Elizabeth De Santo, Elizabeth Mendenhall, and Rachel Tiller.

On Monday, under United Nations auspices, 71 countries debated in the first round of negotiations for a new “international legally binding instrument … on the conservation and sustainable use of marine biological diversity of areas beyond national jurisdiction.” That’s significant, given that oceans make up roughly 70 percent of the planet’s surface area — and nearly two-thirds of that will be regulated by this treaty. This article outlines what you need to know about what these negotiations are up to.

Read the full article here.

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