Protecting the high seas through a new marine biodiversity treaty under UNCLOS
Channel: OCTO (Open Communications for the Ocean)
Date: 2016-07-26

This webinar originally aired on 26 July 2016.

This 1.5-long webinar provided a background briefing on the negotiations currently underway towards a new treaty to protect the biodiversity of the high seas, the role of MPAs, and the relevance of the UN bottom trawling resolution under review in August 2016. Panelists include Kristina Gjerde of IUCN, Peggy Kalas of the High Seas Alliance, Duncan Currie of the Deep Sea Conservation Coalition, and others. Webinar co-sponsored by the MPA Action Agenda, MPA News, and the EBM Tools Network (co-coordinated by NatureServe and OpenChannels.org).