The main ocean treaty crosses the critical threshold to enter into force

A global agreement designed to protect the world’s oceans and the opposite damage to marine life will become an international law.

The Treaty of the High Seas has received its sixtieth certification by Morocco on Friday, which means that it will bear it will take part in January.

The deal, which was two decades, will pave the way for international waters in the marine protected areas.

The prominent environment as a “huge achievement” and the evidence that countries can work together to protect the environment.

“It covers more than two -thirds of the ocean. The agreement defines binding rules to maintain marine biological diversity and use it in a sustainable manner.”

Contracts of overfishing and pollution from shipping and warming from the ocean from climate change have been damaged under the surface.

In the last marine species assessment, approximately 10 % were found to be at risk of extinction, according to the International Conservation Federation (IUCN).

Three years ago, countries agreed that 30 % of national and international waters in the world – in the high seas – must be protected by 2030 to help restore exhausted marine life.

But protecting the high seas is difficult. There is no single country that controls this water and all countries have the right to ship and fish there.

Currently, only 1 % of the high seas are protected, leaving marine life at the risk of excessive exploitation.

Therefore, in 2023 a state signed Treaty of the High Seas Pledge to put 30 % of this water in marine protected areas.

But he was not only able to enter power if it was more than 60 countries that approve it – meaning They agreed to adhere to it by law.

Elizabeth Wilson, director of environmental policy at environmental NGOs at the United Nations Ocean Conference earlier this year, with many countries that require parliament’s approval, can often take more than five years. She said this was “record time.”

The UK presented its bill to ratify Parliament earlier this month.

Kirsten Shucht, General Manager of WWF International, praised “a tremendous achievement of the ocean” after reaching the threshold of the treaty.

She added: “The Treaty of the High Seas will be a positive incentive for international water and international agreements, which is a turning point for two thirds of the global environment that is outside the national judicial mandate.”

“It is a historic moment” and “evidence that countries can meet to protect our blue planet.”

He added: “The era of exploitation and destruction must end. Our oceans cannot wait and we cannot.”

Once the treaty enters into force, the two countries will suggest protection of areas, and will be voted after that by the countries that are registered in the treaty.

Critics indicate that the two countries will evaluate their environmental impact (EIA) and make the final decision – although other countries can record concerns with monitoring bodies.

The ocean is decisive for all living organisms on this planet. It is the largest environmental system, and it is estimated that 2.5 trillion dollars contribute to global economies, and provides up to 80 % of the oxygen that we breathe.