Over the weekend, United Nation member states finally agreed to a text on the first international treaty to protect the high seas. The treaty, which took years of negotiations, is crucial for enforcing the 30x30 pledge made by countries at the UN biodiversity conference in December. What is the significance and implications of the agreement for the conservation of ocean biodiversity? We discuss this with Shantini Guna Rajan of WWF Malaysia. 

Image credit: Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Singapore

Produced by: Wong Shou Ning

Presented by: Wong Shou Ning, Shazana Mokhtar, Chong Tjen San

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Categories:  environment,  international,  government

Tags:  high seas treaty,  unclos,  marine conservation,