Action urged to protect deep seas (BBC)

Urgent action is needed to protect the world's oceans from human exploitation, according to conservationists.

They say over-fishing, pollution and climate change are pushing marine areas to the point of no return.
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The report, Ecosystems and Biodiversity in Deep Waters and High Seas, is the centrepiece of talks on the law of the sea at the UN.

The report makes the case for marine protected areas in parts of the sea that are not included in the territorial sea or in the internal waters of a State.

Ibrahim Thiaw, acting director general of the IUCN, said well over 60% of the marine world and its rich biodiversity, found beyond the limits of national jurisdiction, was vulnerable and at increasing risk.
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