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Why a new treaty to protect the high seas is a ‘game-changer’
By Vanessa Bauza
March 10, 2023
Roughly two-thirds of the world’s oceans lie beyond national boundaries in an area known as the “high seas” — yet only about 1 percent of that largely unexplored expanse has been protected. Now, nearly 200 countries have agreed on the first-ever United Nations treaty to protect the high seas.
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