Since it was signed in 2023, the question has arisen as to whether or not the Agreement on the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Marine Biodiversity of Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction applies to the Southern Ocean. On 19 June 2023, the United Nations General Assembly adopted by consensus the agreement ‘relating to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea and concerning the Conservation and Sustainable Use of the Marine Biological diversity of Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction’. This tediously-named treaty is better known by its acronym ‘BBNJ’, which stands for ‘Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction’.
Author: Serge Segura for POLAR WATCH.
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