There is no sustainable future for our planet without healthy oceans. Greenpeace is calling on
States to join efforts towards a historic decision by the UN General Assembly to launch
negotiations of a strong and effective high seas biodiversity agreement under UNCLOS
before September 2015. Discussions at the UN BBNJ Working Group on the ‘scope,
parameters and feasibility’ of the agreement must set a solid basis for reversing the
destructive course of ocean depletion and ensure positive change on the water and
therefore for the lives of people and the planet