Facts for Prelims (FFP)
Source: DTE
Context: The Blue Leaders High-Level Event on Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction took place in Belgium recently.
What is the Blue Leaders alliance?
It is a coalition of 24 countries advocating for urgent action to address the threats facing the global ocean, including the climate crisis, overfishing, pollution, and other challenges. Key members include Belgium, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Germany, Italy etc. India is not a member, but it endorsed the treaty’s implementation at the G20 New Delhi Leaders’ Declaration in 2023
Aim: Blue Leaders aim to achieve two main objectives:
- Establishing a new international target to safeguard at least 30% of the global ocean with highly and fully protected marine areas by 2030.
- Successfully concluding a new High Seas Treaty to create fully and highly protected marine areas in the high seas and enhance management of human activities outside these areas.
Efforts are underway to bring the BBNJ (Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction) Treaty into force by 2025, with only two countries having ratified it so far.
To know about BBNJ: UN adopts first ever High Seas Treaty: Click Here
