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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
Environment
Edward Helmore in New York and agencies

‘Time has run out’: UN fails to reach agreement to protect marine life

The logo of the United Nations is seen on a wrought iron fence outside the headquarters.
United Nations talks to establish an ocean treaty have ended without agreement. Photograph: Daniel Slim/AFP/Getty Images

The latest round of talks at the United Nations aimed at securing protections for marine life in international waters that cover half the planet ended without agreement Saturday.

The fifth round of discussions, which began two weeks ago, were designed to establish a UN Ocean Treaty that would set rules for protecting biodiversity in two-thirds of the world’s oceanic areas that lie outside territorial waters.

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