Britain will take measures to ratify the Upper Seas Treaty by the end of this year, a rating agreement that would protect marine life in some remote water in some oceans.
This step follows an increase in support and ratification of the treaty at the United Nations Ocean Conference in Nice, France. Emmanuel Macron, the French president and host of the conference, stated on a delegate on Monday that a sufficient number of countries had been officially believed to be approved by the agreement, and thus may enter into force early January 2026.
Getting at least 60 countries to ratify the treaty, and the number needed to implement it was a major priority for Macron and Ocean Summit.
Britain said it would submit a bill to enable the ratification of the treaty by the end of 2025.
It will provide the first legal mechanism to create protected areas on the high seas and international waters covering nearly two -thirds of the ocean. This region, hundreds of miles away from Earth, is almost illegal. Upon its foundation, marine protected areas will help maintain marine life in the high seas, including sharks, whales and marine turtles, which are currently vulnerable to unusual and illegal activities and other extractive activities.
Despite its dimension, the high seas are under increasing pressure from overfishing, climate change and a threat of mining in the depths of the seas. In April, Donald Trump moved to Fasting pathways in the depths of the seas under American law, Avoid international efforts to organize this industry.
Emma Hardy, the naval minister of the British government, said the treaty will be a great victory for maritime protection and decisive to restore the ocean to good health. “Our oceans die. Without an urgent procedure, they will be irreversibly destroyed. For this reason, the United Kingdom will submit legislation by the end of the year to ratify the treaty of the Upper Seas, a teacher in protecting marine life around the world,” Hardy said.
The treaty is also vital to achieving the global goal “30 x 30”, which is an international pledge to protect one third of the land and the sea by 2023, to protect biological diversity.
Officially known as the agreement on biological diversity behind the national borders, the treaty creates a legal process to create marine protected areas on the high seas, and to set rules for extractive industries.
The United Kingdom also joined more than 90 countries to repeat its commitment to an ambitious global budget treaty when negotiations resumed in August this year. The two countries have issued a “waking call” urging other countries to join them in commitment to a legal obligation to end plastic pollution, and to address the full life cycle, production and consumption of plastic in order to protect human health and protect the environment.
Britain’s move comes after its suggestion to ban the destroyed bottom nets in half of all protected areas in the sailor of England.
