The UK government is to introduce a landmark bill to protect two-thirds of the world’s ocean, a key source of food and oxygen for people in the UK and globally. In 2023, the UK signed the Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction (BBNJ) Agreement—the High Seas Treaty—among the first countries to do so after playing a leading role in shaping it over more than a decade of negotiations. The bill, announced on 10 September 2025, turns that commitment into action. For the first time, the BBNJ Agreement will create a legal mechanism…
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