For the first time, United Nations members have agreed on a unified treaty to protect biodiversity in the high seas representing a turning point for vast stretches of the planet where conservation has previously been hampered by a confusing patchwork of laws.The U.N. Convention on the Law of the Sea came into force in 1994, before marine biodiversity was a well-established concept.
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