Sea Save Foundation
Contributor
The United Nations diplomats have started talks to protect the high seas. The high seas equate more than half of our oceans and are beyond the jurisdiction of any one country. After two years of talks, diplomats are taking steps to negotiate a treaty creating marine protected areas. They will have to negotiate how much to protect and how to enforce the new rules. Many would like 30 percent set aside as reserves, and the U.N. nations have already agreed to at least 10 percent.
Read more here (story #1).
Read more here (story #1).
