High Seas Treaty

Nations vow to ramp up ocean protection efforts in France, but green groups warn 'a lot of unfinished business' remains

Treaty is designed to provide the first legal mechanism for establishing marine protection areas in international waters

New report calls for the complete and permanent protection of the high seas from all industrial extraction including deep sea mining

From the Climate Change Committee's latest report to a new UN High Seas Treaty, BusinessGreen rounds up the most widely read stories this week

BusinessGreen explores how plans to create a new network of marine protected areas and introduced a new environmental impact assessment regime for international waters will impact the private sector

New legal powers for countries to create protected areas in high seas seen as major boost to hopes of delivering '30x30' biodiversity target