Much still pending on how high seas sanctions will work

2023 AFP Newspaper Interview

A new global treaty on the high seas will enable the creation of sanctuaries deemed vital for the oceans, but many questions remain unanswered. Among them: How can we protect marine areas far from the...

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  • "Four years would be very optimistic. Sadly, I think maybe five or six is more realistic, " predicts Glen Wright, a researcher at the Institute for Sustainable Development and International Relations (IDDRI), while Epps reckons we won't see any before 2027.
  • On the high seas, "I find it hard to imagine that there will be any large, strictly protected areas, " says Wright, who thinks it more viable to create small areas with maximum restrictions (such as a total ban on activities) and others with limited measures -- perhaps seasonally enforced to protect breeding or migrating species.
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