‘Time has run out’: UN fails to reach agreement to protect marine life
by Edward Helmore in New York and agencies from Environment | The Guardian on (#62ZBP)
This fifth round of discussions was meant to establish a UN Ocean Treaty that would protect biodiversity in international waters
The latest round of talks at the United Nations aimed at securing protections for marine life in international waters that cover half the planet ended without agreement Saturday.
The fifth round of discussions, which began two weeks ago, were designed to establish a UN Ocean Treaty that would set rules for protecting biodiversity in two-thirds of the world's oceanic areas that lie outside territorial waters.
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