HSA/Civil Society

HSA/Civil Society
AGREEMENT REACHED TO ADVANCE HIGH SEAS TREATY
...

HSA/Civil Society
UN Secretary-General makes a final plea to delegates to adopt a robust and ambitious treaty
...

HSA/Civil Society
Yellow card warning to stop time-wasting at critical UN High Seas Treaty negotiations
...

HSA/Civil Society
High Seas Alliance statement to delegations at the resumed IGC5
...

HSA/Civil Society
Letter from the High Seas Alliance to the UN Secretary-General
...

HSA/Civil Society
High Seas Treaty negotiations: Half-Time reflections on IGCFinal. Victory in reach, but need to pick up pace in 2nd half!
...

HSA/Civil Society
Follow the resumed IGC5 negotiations through the HSA Treaty Tracker
...

HSA/Civil Society
Letter from Heads of Organisations of the High Seas Alliance and other partners to world governments on the new biodiversity agreement for the ocean:
...

HSA/Civil Society
High Seas Treaty Negotiations – a short timeline
...

HSA/Civil Society
2 decades in the making: a strong High Seas Treaty in numbers
...

HSA/Civil Society
High Seas Treaty: What Ocean Do You Want?
Healthy or degraded? An effective High Seas Treaty for the ocean must be strong and future facing. Show your support....

HSA/Civil Society
High Seas Alliance reaction to U.S. joining High Ambition Coalition
We welcome the announcement that the U.S.A. has joined the High Ambition Coalition for Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction (BBNJ)....

HSA/Civil Society
REACTION: COP15 OUTCOME RECOGNISES THE IMPORTANCE OF BLUE NATURE
...

HSA/Civil Society
Ministers reaffirm their ambition to finalize in March groundbreaking new Treaty to safeguard life in the high seas
...

HSA/Civil Society
TREATY TALKS END WITHOUT RESOLUTION IN NEW YORK
2022 deadline fades as NGOs ask, ‘what now?’...

HSA/Civil Society
Civil Society urge UN delegates to secure a High Seas Treaty
Today civil society gathered in New York to call on delegates to bring a strong High Seas Treaty home....

HSA/Civil Society
AMBITION AND URGENCY NEEDED AS High Seas Treaty NEGOTIATIONS NEAR END
Click here for the HSA's statement on the IGC5 High Seas Treaty Negotiations so far....

HSA/Civil Society
Greenpeace Global Ocean Treaty Rally and Dance Party Outside UN HQ
During IGC5 Greenpeace held a rally and dance party outside UN Headquarters to draw public attention to the High Seas Treaty negotiations....

HSA/Civil Society
High Seas Treaty Negotiations Video Updates – IGC5
Latest Video Updates from the UN High Seas Treaty Negotiations (IGC5) - New York, 15-26 August...

HSA/Civil Society
As governments fail to agree Global Ocean Treaty, Greenpeace ship encounters armada of fishing vessels on high seas
...

HSA/Civil Society
CEOs and Leaders in global conservation organizations in a call to world governments
...

HSA/Civil Society
Ocean Protection Further Delayed as UN Ocean Negotiations Close Without Treaty
Negotiations for a new UN Treaty to protect two thirds of the planet have ended without conclusion at the UN Headquarters in New York....

HSA/Civil Society
High Seas Treaty Negotiations Video Updates
Latest Video Updates from the UN High Seas Treaty Negotiations (IGC4) - New York, 7-18 March...

HSA/Civil Society
The BBNJ Treaty, Sharks and Ocean Action: Why we need EU and global leadership to conclude the BBNJ negotiations
Recognizing the importance of a new BBNJ Treaty for conserving marine biodiversity and the rapid decline of sharks in our global ocean due to inaction...

HSA/Civil Society
High Seas Youth Ambassador Blog: The Elephant in the Room: Why Are We Ignoring the Industrial Fishing Industry’s Carbon Footprint?
Another year, another meeting of world leaders to discuss the most pressing problem ever to face our global community. After a brief hiatus in 2020, ...

HSA/Civil Society
HSA collaboration with Canadian Artist Mathias Horne to highlight key high seas species
The High Seas Alliance is excited to announce our collaboration with Canadian artist Mathias Horne as part of our MPA campaign: The Hidden Natural Won...

HSA/Civil Society
Video: The Emperor Seamounts – The Hidden Natural Wonders of the World
The Leading Women for the Ocean network call for an immediate, concerted international effort to adopt a robust and ambitious UN High Seas Treaty to h...

HSA/Civil Society
Comunicado de prensa: Expertos destacan valor del alta mar para la conservación del océano
EL CAMINO HACIA LA CREACIÓN DE LA PRIMERA GENERACIÓN DE ÁREAS MARINAS PROTEGIDAS EN ALTA MAR...

HSA/Civil Society
Hidden Wonders of the High Seas – a path to creating the first generation of high seas marine protected areas
How much do you know about the extraordinary species and habitats of the High Seas? Launching the Hidden Wonders of the Natural World campaign...

HSA/Civil Society
High Seas Youth Ambassador Blog: Climate action is ocean action – both are long overdue!
Right now, politicians from around the world are wrapping up their meetings in Glasgow to discuss climate action at COP26. All of their decisions - or...

HSA/Civil Society
High Level Call for an Ambitious Ocean Outcome at COP26 – 3rd Because The Ocean Declaration
At COP26, the launch of the 3rd Because The Ocean Declaration calls for decision-makers to support the conclusion of an ambitious BBNJ Agreement in 20...

HSA/Civil Society
High Seas Youth Ambassadors call on G20 Leaders’ to commit to making ocean action an integral part of climate action and to adopt an ambitious High Seas Treaty in 2022
High Seas Ambassadors, representing youth from around the world, call on G20 Leaders as they meet in Rome, Italy from 30-31 October for the G20 Leader...

HSA/Civil Society
Youth for Ocean Digital Summit – Register Now!
This inspiring Summit, planned for November 25-27 2021, will generate a powerful space where 200 young change-makers will co-build bold campaigns to d...

HSA/Civil Society
High Seas Youth Ambassadors – Why The High Seas Must Be Part of Discussions at the UN Youth4Climate Summit In Rome
Whether you know them as the High Seas, international waters, or the Latin mare liberum, the bodies of water that lie beyond national jurisdiction are...

HSA/Civil Society
The Honourable Kirk Humphrey calls for the rapid conclusion of an ambitious High Seas Treaty
At the Virtual Islands Summit 2021, Barbados Minister of Maritime and the Blue Economy, Kirk Humphrey, delivered an ambitious call to successfully con...

HSA/Civil Society
Virtual Islands Summit – Why the UN High Seas Treaty Negotiations are important to the Caribbean
Virtual Islands Summit 2021 - From the outset of the BBNJ Negotiations, the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) has played a leading role. This session prov...

HSA/Civil Society
Greenpeace – High Stakes: The environmental and social impacts of destructive fishing on the high seas of the Indian Ocean
In this report, we will focus on fishing pressure on the high seas of the western Indian Ocean; the threats this industry poses to biodiversity and li...

HSA/Civil Society
Young Advocate Pushes for Treaty to Protect High Seas and Long-Term Ocean Health
As negotiations for a High Seas Treaty continues, youth ambassadors work to ensure that their generation's voices are heard. ...

HSA/Civil Society
High Seas Youth Ambassador Blog – The High Seas Treaty: For Life Beyond the Law
Author: Britney Hay
Beyond what the eye can see from our crystalline shores lies a vast and unexplored underwater world that sustains us all....
Beyond what the eye can see from our crystalline shores lies a vast and unexplored underwater world that sustains us all....

HSA/Civil Society
How could the EIA provisions of the BBNJ Agreement apply to activities and existing bodies?
United Nations (UN) Member States are in the final stages of negotiating a new legally binding instrument under the UN Convention on the Law of the Se...

HSA/Civil Society
High Seas Youth Ambassador Blog – Costa Rica Thermal Dome Adventure and the need for a strong High Seas Treaty
Author: Milla Heckler
In the Eastern Tropical Pacific, off the coast of Central America, there is a phenomenon that is persistent enough from year to...
In the Eastern Tropical Pacific, off the coast of Central America, there is a phenomenon that is persistent enough from year to...

HSA/Civil Society
The Pew Charitable Trusts – How Much Do You Know About Life in the High Seas?
Beginning 200 miles from coastal shores, beyond the jurisdiction of any country, the high seas are home to a vast array of species and unique ...

HSA/Civil Society
The Forgotten Half of the Planet: The High Seas — Youth Leadership Advancing the UN High Seas Treaty
On 10 June, 2021, the High Seas Alliance, in collaboration with the Nobel Peace Center, hosted a 2-hour seminar entitled The Forgotten Half of the Pla...

HSA/Civil Society
Launch of Global Petition to Support a High Seas Treaty
The High Seas Alliance, in collaboration with Only One, officially launch a High Seas Petition calling on world leaders to take action and secure a ro...

HSA/Civil Society
Building Ambition for a new High Seas Treaty – IUCN Webinars
To inform UN negotiations for a new International Legally-Binding Instrument for the conservation and sustainable use of marine biodiversity in areas ...

HSA/Civil Society
HSA Newsletter – Spring 2021
HSA has released its Spring 2021 Newsletter. Find out what the High Seas Alliance and its members have been up to over the past several months....

HSA/Civil Society
High Seas Youth Ambassador Blog – Connectivity of the High Seas to Coastal Waters
Authors: Olivia Livingstone and John Paul Jose
A fisherman who builds his life around the Ocean, a community whose economy is supported by the Ocean,...
A fisherman who builds his life around the Ocean, a community whose economy is supported by the Ocean,...

HSA/Civil Society
ASEAN Workshop
Since April 2021, HSA has collaborated with the Centre for International Law, and the National University of Singapore and Hanoi Law University...

HSA/Civil Society
Turkish Marine Foundation form BBNJ task force with Turkish Government
The Turkish Marine Research Foundation (TUDAV) met the representatives of major BBNJ institutions in Ankara, on March 23, 2021. The meeting was held ...

HSA/Civil Society
Working session on Capacity Building and the Transfer of Marine Technology for Latin American delegates
The Latin American region’s positive leadership has been tangible towards the final phase of the negotiations for a new legally binding BBNJ Treaty....