According to allafrica, a significant challenge for the conservation sector is the 30x30 goal to protect 30% of the planet's oceans by 2030. It heavily depends on the High Seas Treaty (BBNJ agreement), which is the first legally binding agreement to establish Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) in the open seas. Before the treaty, nearly half the planet's ocean surface, the high seas, had almost no formal protection, with less than 1% safeguarded. The agreement is now the essential pathway to deliver the roughly 11 million km² of.
Ocean conservation targets face deadline pressure as High Seas Treaty implementation stalls
With the 2030 deadline approaching, leaders warn that progress on protecting 30% of global oceans is lagging, raising questions about the enforceability of the BBNJ agreement.
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