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Negotiations involving 168 countries, including the European Union, to agree on a UN High Seas Treaty for protecting oceans failed.
What are High seas?
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Key Points:
About UN High Seas Treaty:
- It is also referred to as the ‘Paris Agreement for the Ocean’.
- It is a proposed treaty to deal with Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction.
- The treaty was to be negotiated under the United Nations Convention on Laws of the Sea (UNCLOS) of 1982.
- It concerns the ocean existing beyond the Exclusive Economic Zones, till where a country has special rights for exploration.
- Some aspects of negotiations under treaty include establishing marine protected areas to put limits on certain activities such as:
- environmental impact assessments, financial support to countries and sharing other scientific knowledge.
- Conversely, every country has the right to access open seas, resulting in large-scale drilling and trawling operations for catching fish and other animals for commercial purposes.
UNCLOS & Regulation of World’s Oceans:
Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ):
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