Tag: High Seas Treaty

On January 22, Palau's Permanent Representative submitted to the United Nations, Palau's instrument of ratification for the Agreement on the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Marine Biological Diversity of Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction (BBNJ).

Chile has achieved a significant milestone by unanimously voting to approve the Agreement on Conservation and Sustainable Use of Marine Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdictions (BBNJ).

The High Seas Treaty, also known as the agreement on Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction (BBNJ), was signed in New York on 20 September, in the margins of the United Nations High Level Week.

According to Greenpeace, world leaders adopting the High Seas Treaty earlier this year was a major advancement, but the Treaty’s adoption does not mean that the work is done.

On 19th June, the United Nations adopted the new oceans treaty on sustainable use of marine biological diversity of areas beyond national jurisdiction (BBNJ).

In late March, the OCEAN project announced that it will design and implement a European Navigational Hazard data infrastructure to support the goals of the High Seas Treaty.

Royal Belgian Shipowners Association applauds the historic move by the UN, to finalize High Seas Treaty, the international treaty for the protection of high seas biodiversity, after years of negotiations. Also, the Association acknowledges Belgian government’s active role in the development and finalisation of the agreement.

IMO has welcomed the landmark agreement on a new oceans treaty to protect marine biodiversity on the high seas. Negotiators from more than 100 countries completed a UN treaty to protect the high seas on Saturday 5 March 2023, a long-awaited step that environmental groups say will help reverse marine biodiversity losses and ensure sustainable development.