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BBNJ Agreement

UN agreement on the conservation and sustainable use of marine biological diversity beyond national jurisdiction, providing for high-seas marine protected areas and environmental impact assessment requirements. It entered into force in January 2026.

Known aliases

High Seas Treaty
UN Agreement on the Conservation of Marine Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction

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Current clusters

science1 publisher

A Planetary Health Check chapter puts annual bottom-trawl disturbance at up to 2% of the seafloor

Seafloor integrity has its own chapter in this year's Planetary Health Check. The estimates it compiles count area disturbed, not duration of disturbance.

Publishers:phys.org

Reality

Evidence42
Adoption25
Hype gap+12
Incentives55
Confidence55