High Ambition Coalition on Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction

Sakshi Education

On February 11, 2022, last day of One Ocean Summit, declaration on “High Ambition Coalition (HAC) on biodiversity beyond national jurisdiction (BBNJ)” was introduced.
The One Ocean Summit was organized under the leadership of French President.
Negotiators from across the world will gather at United Nations Headquarters in New York in March 2022, for the “fourth intergovernmental conference” on new international legally binding treaty for conservation and sustainable use of marine biological diversity beyond national jurisdiction.
The BBNJ Treaty are also known as “Treaty of the High Seas”. It is an international agreement on conservation and sustainable use of marine biological diversity of areas beyond national jurisdiction. It is currently under negotiation at the United Nations. The new treaty is being developed within the framework of United Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), which is an important international agreement governing human activities at sea.
As of February 11, countries like Australia, Chile, Canada, Comoros, Colombia, India, Monaco, Egypt, Peru, Morocco, Norway, Republic of the Congo, Switzerland, Singapore, Togo, the United Kingdom and EU & its 27 Member States have joined the coalition.
Areas beyond national jurisdiction consists of 95% of the ocean. The area provides invaluable economical, ecological, cultural, social, scientific and food-security benefits to humanity.

Published date : 14 Feb 2022 05:24PM