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For the first time, United Nations members have agreed on a unified treaty to protect biodiversity in the high seas – representing a turning point for vast stretches of the planet where conservation has previously been hampered by a…

UN member states finally agreed Saturday to a text on the first international treaty after years of negotiations to protect the high seas, a fragile and vital treasure that covers nearly half the planet.“The ship has reached the shore,"…

For the first time, United Nations members have agreed on a unified treaty to protect biodiversity in the high seas — nearly half the planet's surface — concluding two weeks of talks in New York.The UN Convention on the Law of the Sea came…

Issued on: 05/03/2023 - 07:28 UN member states finally agreed Saturday to a text on the first international treaty after years of negotiations to protect the high seas, a…

UNITED NATIONS: UN member states finally agreed on Saturday (Mar 4), following years of talks, to a text on the first international treaty to protect the high seas, a fragile and vital treasure that covers nearly half the planet. "The ship…

Major North Sea oil and gas operator Harbour Energy has revealed plans for job cuts, blaming the impact of the government's windfall tax on profits.A spokesperson for Harbour, the biggest offshore producer in UK waters, said…

Against the ravaging seas, Quebec's coastal communities have learned through bitter experience that the way to advance against climate change is to retreat.Over the past decade, civilization has been pulled back from the water's edge where…

Tuvalu said on Tuesday it plans to build a digital version of itself, replicating islands and landmarks and preserving its history and culture as rising sea levels threaten to submerge the tiny Pacific island nation.Tuvalu's Foreign…

The Waveswing device pictured before it was put through its paces in Scapa Flow, Orkney.Sea-based trials of a wave energy converter weighing 50 metric tons have produced "highly encouraging results," according to the company behind its…

CNN  —  When Barbara Hernandez was swimming for more than 35 kilometers across the North Channel, the strait between Northern Ireland and Scotland, the freezing waters and…