once the book came out, i felt incredibly free. i felt a huge weight off my shoulders. a historic agreement to protect the world s oceans has been approved, after ten years of talks. the high seas treaty aims to safeguard marine life in 30% of areas that don t belong to any single country. marine life is at risk from climate change, pollution and overfishing, but only about 1% of these areas are currently protected. the deal is being hailed as a massive step by climate activists as our reporter esme stalla rd reports. the ship has reached the shore. cheering and applause it took all night, but countries from around the world finally agreed on how to protect the high seas. we will formally adopt the text in all six official languages of the united nations. high seas are international waters that aren t controlled by any nation. they make up two thirds of the world s oceans and play host to most of our planet s marine life some two million species. until now, all countries ha
in the hope that sharing details will help others. what the book came out, i felt incredibly free, a huge weight off my shoulders. a historic agreement to protect the world s oceans has been approved after ten years of talks. marine life is at risk from climate change, pollution and overfishing, and climate activists are hailing the deal as a massive step. the new high seas treaty aims to safeguard marine life in 30% of areas that don t belong to any single country. it will establish limits on fishing, shipping and exploration activities. this would represent a substantial increase from the 1.2% which is protected under the current framework signed a0 years ago in 1982, the un convention on the law of the sea. the urgency stems from estimates that nearly 10% of marine species are at risk of exctinction. the bbc s esme stallard reports. the ship has reached the shore. cheering and applause it took all night, but countries from around the world finally agreed on how to protect
national congress, china announces a big boost to its military spending as it warns attempts to contain it are escalating. supporters of pakistan s former prime minister imran khan gather at his house, as police arrive to arrest him. hello and welcome. we re going to start in bangladesh, where aid agencies say a huge fire has broken out in a refugee camp in the south east of the country. these are some of the latest pictures. it s being reported the fire is in the cox s bazaar district and has been brought under control. the charity action aid said their initial assessment suggested around 12,000 people had been affected. no casualties have been reported so far. we been reported so far. will hear from the internatioi federation we will hear from the international federation of the red cross and red crescent later in the programme, stay with us for that. a historic agreement to protect the world s oceans has been approved after ten years of talks. marine life is at risk from c
because there were disputes about doing it on the basis of consensus, or voting? that took time, and that is now thrashed out. lots to be worked on. you briefly mentioned the genetic material side of things. i know you said there isn t full agreement, but these are the materials that can go on to be used to make vital drugs in the future. we may not even know what s out there in terms of how useful it is, but what are the options in terms of sharing that? well, the thing is, this is about the vast genetic materials there. again, we don t even know what they are right now. we are talking about pharmaceuticals, as we saw in that report, treatments for several diseases. and also other things, for example, deep sea mining, when we talk about all those rare materials to make electric vehicles, batteries, things like that.
biodiversity agreement that committed to 30% of the ocean, 30% of land conservation. the thing was, that was an agreement but there was no legal ground how you implement it. this treaty, the high seas treaty as it is known, will help to secure that legal framework to secure what is known as the marine protected areas, mpas, and that is how they will go about it, they ll have to know where the locations are, 30% of the oceans, two thirds of it. that is where they have to really work on it. because there were disputes about doing it on the basis of consensus, or voting? that took time, and that is now thrashed out. lots to be worked on. you briefly mentioned the genetic material side of things. i know you said there isn t full agreement, but these are the materials that can go on to be used to make vital drugs in the future.