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👏 We are halfway through! Congratulations to Norway🇳🇴 and Romania🇷🇴 for ratifying the #HighSeasTreaty! These new ratifications advance the #RaceForRatification and get us closer to 60! Follow the progress: highseasalliance.org/treaty-ratific… #BBNJ

🎉 Yesterday at the #BlueMarch, we raised our voices loud and clear: the clock is ticking! At #UNOC3, the world stands on the brink of High Seas history. With nearly 60 ratifications of the #HighSeasTreaty, we’re this close to making it real. Let’s turn momentum into action!

We have today issued a joint statement to the UN Oceans Conference (UNOC) on the need to address marine wildlife trafficking to protect our oceans. It draws upon our UNOC virtual side event on the same theme last week. See bit.ly/3TebwsB

Today, during the high-level we co-hosted at #UNOC3, 10 countries announced their imminent ratification of the #BBNJ Treaty and 2 more signatures. Just this morning, French President Emmanuel Macron announced that 15 more countries will ratify at UNOC. #RaceForRatification

Congratulations to all States at today’s Special Treaty Event for the #BBNJ Agreement during #UNOC3 in Nice! With 18 new signatures & 18 ratifications, we now have 134 signatories and 50 ratifications (incl. the EU)—a big step toward entry into force! #UN

The high seas treaty #BBNJ : what a progress ! Incredible acceleration, thanks to the joined efforts of the international community. France 🇫🇷 is proud to have carried it through ! 🌊 #UNOC3 #WeAreTheOcean #Ocean

🎉We’re on the verge of a historic breakthrough at #UNOC3. 49 countries have stepped up for the #HighSeasTreaty. Let’s not stall now & get the Treaty over the line. Now is the time to ratify and protect our shared ocean. #RaceForRatification highseasalliance.org/2025/06/09/hug…

Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea 👏We congratulate progress on the historic number of signatures and ratifications for the High Seas Treaty that have just been deposited, bringing the Treaty much closer to the critical threshold of 60 ratifications needed for its entry into force. #RaceForRatification

The #HighSeasTreaty needs 60 ratifications in 2025 to enter into force. How many more are needed to reach this milestone? ➡️ Track the progress on the High Seas Treaty Ratification Tracker. #RaceForRatification #BBNJ highseasalliance.org/treaty-ratific…

We are still buzzing from the big wave of ratifications. The historic milestone is in sight and we are only at Day 2 of #UNOC3. Will we get the 60 by the end of UNOC? 📨 Keep urging your governments to show commitment for our shared ocean and ratify now! highseasalliance.org/2025/06/10/uno…

👏Montenegro🇲🇪 and Senegal🇸🇳 add their signature to the #BBNJ Treaty. 🎊 So far, 1️⃣3️⃣6️⃣ countries have now officially committed to its ratification! We look forward to their ratification at the UN soon. #RaceForRatification

Green Zones stakeholders' side event and a surprise appearance from our mascot Octavia 🐙 These are just a few of our highlights from Day 3 at #UNOC3. Explore what happened yesterday in Nice 🇫🇷 highseasalliance.org/2025/06/10/uno…

Illegal exploitation of marine wildlife is different from unregulated or unreported exploitation. Marine wildlife trafficking needs to be tackled through the international criminal law framework, along with all other wildlife crimes. See illuminem bit.ly/443IQYw

🌊 We're thrilled to welcome National Maritime Foundation Sustainable Fisheries and Communities Trust Sustainable Cayman as new members of the High Seas Alliance! 🎉 We look forward to working together to help support the health of our ocean. 👉 highseasalliance.org/members/

A close-up view of next's week destination: Vienna🇦🇹 From 23 to 27 June, the city will welcome the Living Planet Symposium #LPS25, bringing together scientists, researchers and users of Earth Observation data from all over the world to share and discuss the latest findings on

Next week, we will be in #Vienna 🇦🇹 for the ESA Earth Observation Living Planet Symposium #LPS25! Join us at these sessions: ➡️Monday, 23 June: 10 Years of #Copernicus #Sentinel2 ➡️Tuesday, 24 June: Improving the assimilation of SWOT into the Mercator Ocean International global forecasting system

Turning 50 is a major milestone, even for a global convention & on 1 July 2025 it will be 50 years since CITES entered into force. To mark the ocassion, I’ve written a short illuminem article on CITES past, present & future, available here bit.ly/4lmpg0t

Pleasure to join the #OceanFilm 🌊 screening Universität Wien – a good moment to reflect on #UNOC3 with the Vienna ocean community & share UN Office on Drugs & Crime’s work in this key area. 🙏 Universität Wien Frz. Botschaft Österreich High Seas Alliance IDDRI & others for an inspiring evening.

Another great night with OCEAN. We had the honour to co-host a discussion & screening of David Attenborough's new film in Vienna🇦🇹. Thanks to our co-hosts Environmental Politics Research Group Universität Wien, ECH, IDDRI, Frz. Botschaft Österreich. Daniel Kachelriess #ViennaOceanDinner

On 1 July 2025 it is 50 years since CITES entered into force. Here's a selection of my articles about CITES - in many cases drafted with co-authors - published between 2018-2025, which I have compiled in one place to commemorate CITES 50th anniversary bit.ly/4l2ao7L