High Seas Treaty

Question 1

High Seas Treaty

Answer 1

Agreement under the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea on the Conservation and Sutainable Use of Marine Biological Diversity of Areas beyond National Jurisdiction
Signed by 105 States, not yet into force
Article 1.2
“Areas beyond national jurisdiction” means the high seas and the Area

Question 2

High Seas Treaty, Art. 2 (marine environment)

Answer 2

The objective of this Agreement is to ensure the conservation and sustainable use of marine biological diversity of areas beyond national jurisdiction, for the present and in the long term, through effective implementation of the relevant provisions of the Convention and further international cooperation and coordination
Means: inter alia, creation of marine protected areas