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The 19th United Nations Open-ended Informal Consultative Process on Oceans and the Law of the Sea (ICP19) takes place 18th – 22nd of June 2018 and is dedicated to the issue of “Anthropogenic Underwater Noise”. Experts from around the world are invited to find ways to regulate and limit the harmful impacts on marine wildlife described in this video by Norwegian fisherman Bjørnar Nicolaisen.
The seas around Antarctica are the most untouched ocean environment left on Earth. They are home to almost ten thousand different animal species. But humankind is encroaching even upon these remote areas, posing a number of threats.
Florianópolis, Brazil, 14th September 2018. The last day of the Meeting of the International Whaling Commission (IWC) saw the long-awaited discussion about the package proposal submitted by the government of Japan called “A way forward”. The controversial proposal is...
Florianópolis, Brazil, 13th September 2018. The member states of the International Whaling Commission (IWC) have just adopted the so-called "Florianópolis Declaration" by a simple majority and have thus committed themselves to a historical reorientation of the...
71% of the Earth surface is covered by oceans and two-thirds of that area makes up by the High Seas. While some activities of humankind in these regions are regulated under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) such as international shipping,...
