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Environment
Poppy Johnston

High sea hopes for treaty to preserve vast underwater

A high seas biodiversity agreement would help safeguard 30 per cent of the world's oceans by 2030. (HANDOUT/GREENPEACE AUSTRALIA)

Between Australia and New Zealand sits a chain of underwater volcanoes that are home to an abundance of fish, ancient corals and other marine life.

Known as Lord Howe Rise, the vast underwater landscape largely exists outside state maritime boundaries, beneath the high seas.

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