The high seas are set to gain a greater level of protection when a long-sought after treaty finally enters into force. For almost 20 years, nations have debated the need for the High Seas Treaty, ...

The High Seas Treaty, which would allow nations to create marine protected areas in international waters, is now expected to ...

A wave of new ratifications during the U.N. Ocean Conference in France has brought the High Seas Treaty closer to the ...

UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres urged world leaders to ratify the treaty, warning that fishing, plastic pollution and ...

The high seas treaty could be law by the end of the year, affording protection to marine life in the vast swathes of ocean ...

Eighteen new countries have ratified the High Seas Treaty, bringing total support to 49—just 11 short of the 60 needed for ...

While many countries have agreed to take steps to protect the vast, ungoverned swathes of the world's oceans, they have yet ...

The biodiversity beyond national jurisdiction (BBNJ) agreement, also referred to commonly as the High Seas Treaty, has moved ...

Signed in 2023, it provides a legal framework for creating marine protected areas on the "high seas", Read more at ...

Dozens of world leaders and some 15,000 others attended the UN Ocean Conference in France this week, in a bid to accelerate ...

A record number of world leaders gathered in Nice to chart a path forward on ocean protection, with growing support for the ...

Eighteen countries ratified the High Seas Treaty on Monday, bringing the total to 49 — just 11 short of the 60 needed for the ocean agreement to enter into force. The surge in support ...