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The final round of negotiations for a treaty to protect marine biodiversity beyond national jurisdiction (#BBNJ) kicks off today at @UN HQ!

Here's a quick recap of what's going on [thread 🧵]
#IGC5 #UNCLOS
We used to think the #highseas were a deadzone and the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (#UNCLOS) doesn't say all that much about its protection.

We now know that these deep & distant waters are full of biodiversity and are a massive carbon sink.
Covering nearly half the planet, these areas beyond national jursidiction (#ABNJ) are increasingly threatened by:
🎣 Fishing
🚢 Shipping
♨️ Global heating/acidifcation/deoxygenation
⛏️ Seabed mining

Not to mention future uses (e.g. Google holds patents for subsea servers)
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