In Europe the watchword is ‘Restore our Ocean and Rivers’. New legislation is on its way in order to translate the international treaties negotiated for years in a hard won consensus into a new set of rules to deliver the long expected improvements for urgent nature restoration and human wellbeing. The Global Biodiversity Framework agreed in December 2022 and the BBNJ Treaty to protect biodiversity on the High Seas of agreed in March 2023 now need to ratified and translated into action also at regional EU and national levels across the globe.
Vedi Link >> Mundus Maris – May 2023