开放海上条约即将到来
Kristina M Gjerde1, Harriet Harden-Davies2, Kahlil Hassanali3
1Kristina M. Gjerde is the senior high seas adviser of the Ocean Team at the International Union for Conservation of Nature, Cambridge, MA, USA.
概括
海洋缓解气候变化, 但需要生物多样性, 联合国为保护公海生物多样性而签署的一项条约由于未解决的问题未能最终确定,因此需要重新努力.
科学领域:
- 海洋保护生物学
- 国际环境法
- 气候变化科学
背景情况:
- 海洋是气候的关键调节者, 但其生物多样性受到气候变化,过度捕捞,污染和资源开发的严重威胁.
- 超出国家管辖范围的公海和深海生态系统特别脆弱,需要国际合作来保护它们.
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