Negotiators from more than 100 countries have completed a United Nations treaty to protect the high seas, a long-awaited step that environmental groups say will help reverse marine biodiversity losses and ensure sustainable development.
The legally binding pact to conserve and ensure the sustainable use of ocean biodiversity, under discussion for 15 years, was finally agreed to after five rounds of protracted UN-led negotiations that ended in New York on Saturday, a day after the original deadline.
