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The long and winding road: negotiating a treaty for the conservation and sustainable use of marine biodiversity in areas beyond national jurisdiction
… jurisdiction (ABNJ) cover nearly half of the Earth’s surface and host a significant portion of its biodiversity. … a legal regime for an area covering almost half of the surface of our Planet will doubtless be a chal- lenging task, … are meas- ured from a defined baseline, generally the low- water mark (Article 5).6 The key areas of State sov- ereignty …
Implementing conservation and sustainable management of marine biodiversity in areas beyond national jurisdiction
… of the world’s oceans, cover nearly half of the planet’s surface, harbour an enormous reservoir of biological … 2020, that “at least 17 per cent of terrestrial and inland water, and 10 per cent of coastal and marine areas, … Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction (ABNJ) (including the water column and seabed) and the establishment of a …