What has the art of diplomacy got to do with the price of fish? Plenty
The recent high seas biodiversity treaty is a crucial piece of the global conservation jigsaw. Its success will, among other things, help maintain the supply of seafood from the world’s oceans.
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The high seas biodiversity treaty is a key piece of the global conservation jigsaw, and is urgently needed as threats grow.
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It might be a bit hard to fathom a world without fish or seafood, but high diplomacy could have just saved us from that prospect.
In June, the world’s first international treaty to protect biodiversity on the high seas was adopted at the United Nations in New York. It is a key piece of the global conservation jigsaw that sets out clearer rules for conserving and sustainably using nature in the open ocean.
