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Protecting the world’s oceans – an important goal of Germany’s climate diplomacy
The world’s oceans are vital to our survival
They regulate the global climate and are a source of food and income for billions of people
- Federal Foreign Office
Only a very small part of the seas enjoys legal protection, however.
Our diplomats are working in New York right now to change this state of affairs.
Our seas are at risk – owing to overfishing, marine pollution and the climate crisis.
One major reason for this is that the seas are, for the most part, a legal vacuum.
Two-thirds of the seas lie outside state sovereign territory and special protection measures apply to only a tiny fraction of them.
A binding marine conservation treaty
Germany and the…