The world's first international treaty on the high seas, set to be adopted by the United Nations (UN) on Monday (June 19), contains landmark tools for the conservation and management of international waters.
UNITED NATIONS — The world's first international treaty on the high seas, set to be adopted by the United Nations on Monday , contains landmark tools for the conservation and management of international waters.
These impacts include the warming of ocean waters along with their loss of oxygen, acidification, mounting plastics and other pollutants, as well as overfishing. The Conference of the Parties will have to navigate the authority of other regional and global organisations. Scientists, for example, have discovered molecules with the potential to treat cancer or other diseases in microbes scooped up in sediment, or produced by sponges or marine mollusks.
But it's left to the COP to decide exactly how any monetary benefits will eventually be shared, with options including a system based on specific commercialized products, or more generalized payment systems.The treaty requires signatories to assess the environmental impacts of planned activities under their control on the high seas before they are authorised in instances when such activities may have more than a minor or transitory effect.
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