High seas cover over half of our planet’s surface, and represent two-thirds of the entire ocean. They serve as a crucial habitat for countless marine species, many of which remain undiscovered. They ...

For the Indigenous Rapa Nui people who live on Easter Island, one of the most remote inhabited islands in the world, the high seas have played an integral role in their daily lives for at least two ...

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NEW YORK CITY, United States (4 March 2023) – WWF strongly welcomes the agreement of the text for a new global legally binding High Seas Treaty reached by nations today in New York, creating a ...

It’s time to sustainably manage the international ocean for marine and human life, says bold investigative book. ‘The high seas’ evokes an image of a final frontier so remote and challenging to reach ...

The United Nations' High Seas Treaty has officially entered into force on Jan. 17, marking a major milestone for global ocean protection and international cooperation. Formally known as the Agreement ...

We’re helping to protect unique wildlife of the high seas We’re helping to protect unique wildlife of the high seas The high seas are the Wild West of the oceans: a place beyond frontiers, where law ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. The agreement on marine biodiversity of areas beyond national jurisdiction, also known as the high seas treaty, was reached in 2023 with much ...

A year after a historic treaty to protect the high seas was opened to signatures, it has now received 13 ratifications—leaving it still far from coming into force. The treaty, which took 15 years of ...