Global Treaty to Protect Ocean Biodiversity: Why cross-sector collaboration is key

Katherine M. Crosman, World Economic Forum

Global Treaty to Protect Ocean Biodiversity: Why cross-sector collaboration is key
Yves Cedric Schulze, Unsplash

In fact, two-thirds of the ocean lies in areas beyond national jurisdiction (ABNJ), that is, beyond the territorial waters or exclusive economic zones of individual states. ABNJ make up 90% of the globe’s occupied habitat and support rich and abundant biodiversity known as biodiversity beyond national jurisdictions (BBNJ), including millions of unidentified species.

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