The high seas are supposed to belong to everyone: New UN treaty aims to make it law
Published Date: 3/8/2023
Source: phys.org
It may come as a surprise to fellow land-dwellers, but the ocean actually accounts for most of the habitable space on our planet. Yet a big chunk of it has been left largely unmanaged. It's a vast global common resource, and the focus of a new treaty called the biodiversity beyond national jurisdiction (BBNJ) agreement.