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In an otherwise mixed month for the Pacific Regional Environmental Programme (SPREP), its leadership is hailing a win for Pacific conservation efforts with the UN Treaty on the High Seas coming into effect.
The legally binding UN High Seas Treaty officially received over 60 ratifications, and following years of negotiations, has this month become international law. It's a welcome positive development for Pacific conservation in a month when the US announced it was going to leave SPREP.
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