After 20 years of intense debate, the world looks set to have a treaty protecting marine life out beyond national waters.

Nineteen new ratifications last week brought the High Seas Treaty to 50—just 10 short of taking effect—marking growing ...

The UN Ocean Conference concluded in Nice, France, emphasizing the 'High Seas Treaty' to protect marine biodiversity in ...

The UN Ocean Summit has come to a close, but not before making significant headway on protecting the world’s oceans. Almost ...

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

The UK Government will introduce a bill by the end of the year, to enable ratification of the BBNJ Agreement (sometimes ...

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

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

THE vast waters surrounding the Philippines and the hundreds of thousands of people who depend on them for their livelihood ...

The UN's Guterres began the conference by addressing a major threat facing the world's oceans — deep-sea mining. Guterres ...

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