Bec Hubbard
@Bec_Hubbard
Director with @highseasallianc and former Program Director with @Our_Fish. Working for the ocean and everything that depends on it. Live in lutrawita/Tasmania.
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https://www.highseasalliance.org/ 15-08-2016 01:28:21
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📢 Monaco has ratified the #HighSeasTreaty 🎉
Now 5 Treaty champions 🇵🇼 🇨🇱 🇧🇿 🇸🇨 🇲🇨 are taking the lead in the #RaceForRatification !
Their commitment to transforming the #BBNJ Agreement into action brings us 5 ratifications closer to entry into force by #UNOC25 .
.. and that's a wrap for the #BBNJ #HighSeasTreaty MENA workshop. Octavia collected many new signatures. #RaceforRatification
Kicking off today's Day 2 of the #BBNJ MENA workshop in Amman, Jordan, with a session on Capacity Building and Transfer of Marine Technology and an honour to share the session with nilufer oral . Also grateful to Athina Chanaki Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea for moderating the discussion!
In the official opening of the workshop in Amman, #Jordan , Matt Collis of ifaw & Bec Hubbard of High Seas Alliance reiterate the importance of the #BBNJ #HighSeasTreaty in addressing the many pressures on our ocean & the goal of reaching 60 ratifications by #UNOC3 in 2025.
This progress provides a big boost to EU🇪🇺 countries to accelerate the #RaceForRatification , and sends an important signal to the rest of the world that the EU is serious about urgent marine life protection in areas beyond countries’ maritime boundaries.
🚨👏 Congratulations to the EU🇪🇺 European Parliament for voting in favour of #HighSeasTreaty ratification.
Leadership by EU member states is now critical to ensure 60 ratifications required for entry into force #UNOC25 . #RaceForRatification
Read more ➡️ highseasalliance.org/2024/04/24/eur…
🌊Conservation & sustainable use of marine biological diversity of areas beyond national jurisdiction
ENVI Committee Press recommends Parliament to consent to EU approval of new agreement under UN Convention on the Law of the Sea with ⬆️49⬇️3↔️1
Plenary vote next week in Strasbourg.
Prime Minister's Special Envoy for the Ocean Avgerinopoulou Dion joined a distinguished panel of speakers at the #OurOceanGreece Side Event: High Ambition and Partnerships for the High Seas
At the heart of the panel discussion was the critical importance of the #HighSeasTreaty .
Today during our side-event at Our Ocean Greece, the governments of Belgium🇧🇪 Chile🇨🇱 Costa Rica🇨🇷 France🇫🇷 Korea🇰🇷 Palau🇵🇼 Nigeria🇳🇬 & EU🇪🇺 called on nations to prioritise the ratification and implementation of the #HighSeasTreaty . #RaceForRatification
highseasalliance.org/2024/04/16/wor…