Posted on 03/05/2023 4:58:11 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
Ocean ecosystems keep our planet in balance by producing nearly half of the earth's oxygen and absorbing much of its carbon dioxide - but they are under threat from pollution, exploitation and global warming.
... WHAT IS IN THE HIGH SEAS TREATY AND WHY IS IT NEEDED?
The treaty, in a nutshell, will provide a legal framework for establishing vast marine protected areas (MPAs).
This means that all activities that go on in the high seas will be subject to environmental impact assessments, with member states held accountable for their actions.
The treaty itself focuses on four main areas, according to charity WWF: marine genetic resources, area-based management tools, environmental impact assessments, and the transfer of marine technology and building of capacity.
This could mean restrictions on how much fishing can take place and on activities such as deep seabed mining and deep sea carbon capture and storage.
Before now, efforts to protect marine species including dolphins and whales — and human communities that rely on fishing or tourism related to marine life — have been hampered by a confusing patchwork of laws.
It is hoped that the obligation on developed states to share knowledge and technologies, and to build capacity, will result in, particularly developing nations, participating more in the conservation of the high seas.
Jessica Battle, oceans governance expert at the Worldwide Fund for Nature, said: "This treaty will help to knit together the different regional treaties to be able to address threats and concerns."
(Excerpt) Read more at news.sky.com ...
Means nothing unless the Asian nations abide by it.
buried in this thing is likely a tax that will go directly to the UN so they can get an independent funding source. ie more power over individual countries
I am confident that our “International Partners In Peace And Progress,” namely China, Russia, and Japan, will, as they always have, strictly obey the various provisions of this treaty.
I believe the treaty will be printed in convenient roll form of 1,000 sheets of paper to the roll. Multiple such copies will be provided to all ships of the Partnership, free of charge, and kept handy for ready reference.
China wins another round, another point of control over world resources.
Wasn’t there a law of the seas a few years ago that we unbalanced that we fought against?
How does this compare?
Grrrrrrrrrr!
It is to limit access to major food sources, to further the Population Control agenda.
Da Planet Powah Wangers!!!
Creeping expansionism of global governance that seeks to subordinaate notion of nation-state, priorities of nation-first, and primacy of national sovereignty, in the name of climate and environment.
Nuke the UN.⚡
Unless you kill the whales to save the planet with massive floating windmills made from non recyclable toxic materials
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