🌊 We’re hiring! 🌊 We have a new, exciting opportunity to join the High Seas Alliance and help protect marine biodiversity on a global scale! 📌 Role: Implementation Support Officer 📅 Apply by 9 February 2026. https://highseasalliance.org/2026/01/20/were-hiring-hsa-implementation-support-officer/

🌊 We’re hiring! 🌊 We have a new, exciting opportunity to join the High Seas Alliance and help protect marine biodiversity on a global scale! 📌 Role: Implementation Support Officer 📅 Apply by 9 February 2026. https://highseasalliance.org/2026/01/20/were-hiring-hsa-implementation-support-officer/

A new treaty comes into force to govern life on the high seas

World’s First Treaty to Protect the High Seas Becomes Law

🌊 A historic day for the ocean! The #HighSeasTreaty has officially entered into force, a win for multilateralism and for our blue planet. Next step: universal ratification! We call on remaining governments to ratify now!

Alice Vadrot spoke to the media about this historic moment (German): ORF - ZIB 1 : on.orf.at/live?channel... Die Presse: www.diepresse.com/20479507/his... Spektrum der Wissenschaft: www.spektrum.de/news/weltmee... DER STANDARD: www.derstandard.at/story/300000... @univie.ac.at @erc.europa.eu

Our publications on BBNJ (selection) The "common heritage of humankind" principle: lnkd.in/dSng5azd The voice of Science on Marine Biodiversity Negotiations: lnkd.in/dZp5ySJZ Unpacking the emerging BBNJ regime complex: lnkd.in/dt4FVhbD You can find our #MARIPOLDATAbase here: lnkd.in/dfT9SSZu

💫 Today the #BBNJ Agreement 🐳 enters into force, marking a historic milestone for global ocean protection & multilateral cooperation. The #UN Treaty establishes a legal framework to protect #biodiversity & to ensure benefits of their resources are shared fairly. A 🧵

⏳ Years of negotiation, advocacy & collaboration have led to this historic moment! The #HighSeasTreaty is now in force, a testament to the leadership of governments, civil society, Indigenous leaders, scientists & many more ocean champions everywhere. #60toGlobal @highseasalliance.bsky.social#HighSeasTreaty

Now, as a friend of the @highseasalliance.bsky.social we continue to do our best to make this agreement deliver on its bold promises and also, to bring Austria closer to ratification 📝

Today, the High Seas Treaty enters into force — giving the world the first global governance framework to safeguard our ocean beyond national borders.🌊🌍 Let’s make it count for nature, climate and people.🙌 Find out more 👉 highseasalliance.org/treaty-ratif... @highseasalliance.bsky.social

🌊 A historic day for the #ocean! The #HighSeasTreaty has officially entered into force, a win for multilateralism and for our blue planet. Next step: universal membership! 📣 We call on remaining governments to join the Agreement now! #OceanCare #BBNJ @highseasalliance.bsky.social

The #HighSeasTreaty is now in force! unlocking the path to protect half our planet, the High Seas. 📢 Now’s the time for more countries to ratify and be part of the first #BBNJCOP. https://highseasalliance.org/treaty-ratification/a-wave-of-messages-for-the-high-seas/ #60toGlobal

TODAY IS THE DAY! 🌊🦑 #HighSeasTreaty

🌊 A historic moment for the ocean. The #HighSeasTreaty has officially entered into force, marking a new era in the protection of our shared ocean. Learn how you can take action for the High Seas: https://highseasalliance.org/

Today marks a major step for global ocean governance. The High Seas Treaty enters into force, creating the first legal framework to conserve and sustainably manage marine biodiversity in areas beyond national jurisdiction (ABNJ).

Le traité sur la haute mer entre en vigueur aujourd'hui ! Aires Marines Protégées en haute mer, 1ère COP dédiée à l'Océan... Il va permettre une meilleure protection de l'Océan ! www.ifremer.fr/fr/actualites/entree-en-vigueur-du-traite-sur-la-haute-mer-bbnj-l-ifremer-pleinement-mobilise-pour-une

Today, the world has made history - the #BBNJ Agreement has officially entered into force. Hear from ministers, ocean advocates, and High Seas Alliance members urging all nations to keep global momentum toward universal ratification high. #HighSeasTreaty #60ToGlobal

🔖 Mark your calendar! Join us for a virtual reception to celebrate the #HighSeasTreaty entry into force, recognize and honor the collective effort and inspire continued action. @nrdc.org#HighSeasTreaty https://highseasalliance.org/2025/12/17/celebrate-a-historic-moment-for-the-ocean/

The #HighSeasTreaty gives us hope. But the work is far from done. 📽️ Our Director, Rebecca Hubbard, calls on those countries that have not ratified yet to join the wave of change. Ratify now! #60toGlobal #BBNJ

I’m thrilled to announce that ‘The Agreement on Marine Biodiversity of Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction: Commentary and Analysis’ has been published by Oxford University Press today. Sincere thanks to all our authors and peer reviewers! See global.oup.com/academic/pro...

The #HighSeasTreaty has won the Earthshot Prize for the 'Revive our Oceans' category! We're honored to receive this award on behalf of the Treaty- it has been a collective effort & a recognition of all the hard work by so many people over so many years: highseasalliance.org/2025/11/06/h...

With just 2 days left of the second #BBNJPrepCom, Cabo Verde 🇨🇻 has ratified the #HighSeasTreaty! 🌊 Only 7 more ratifications needed to bring it into force: t.co/iPEkvOJClQ #RaceForRatification

UNODC Expert Group Meeting: our issue paper with Efthymios Papastavridis on Surveillance and Enforcement in High Seas MPAs is still in draft as we incorporate comments from the experts.

You can read the Issue Paper here: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

Our Issue Paper with Efthymios Papastavridis for UNODC on Surveillance and Enforcement of High Seas Marine Protected Areas has been published and will be presented at UNHQ in NYC on 27 Aug.

This event is organised by the @unodc.bsky.social, in collaboration with the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), the Allen Institute for AI (Ai2), and the @highseasalliance.bsky.social For those not in NY, but who are working on BBNJ or maritime law enforcement issues, ... 5/6

The discussion will highlight practical, legal, and operational challenges, and explore pathways for cooperation, capacity-building, and the use of advanced maritime domain awareness #MPA tools to support effective #implementation of the #BBNJ Agreement. 4/6

At this side event, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime #UNODC will present its new issue paper on surveillance and law enforcement concerning high seas MPAs, written by Efthymios Papastavridis and @atzanakopoulos.bsky.social (and @franciscoblaha.bsky.social drafted large parts of s2). 3/6

As States prepare for the entry into force of the Agreement under #UNCLOS on the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Marine Biological Diversity of Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction (BBNJ Agreement), ensuring that Marine Protected Areas #MPAs are effectively managed & enforced will be crucial. 2/6

Interesting side event happening today for anyone attending the #BBNJ #PrepCom2 in NewYork 🌊 "BBNJ in Practice: Enforcing and Managing Marine Protected Areas in Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction" 🗓️ 27 August 2025 🕐 13:15–14:30 (EST) 🇺🇳 Conference Room 2, UN Headquarters, New York #UN #ABNJ #MPAs 1/6

Thanks, Efthymios Papastavridis and Antonios Tzanakopoulos (Oxford University), for acknowledging my contribution in section 2 to this very relevant paper to be discussed at the BBNJ event next week papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

Ultimately, the effectiveness of high seas MPAs hinges not only on ambitious legal commitments but also on the political will to monitor, enforce, and share responsibility for ocean stewardship. My contribution was drafting section II (MDAs used for MPAs). www.franciscoblaha.info/blog/2025/8/...

Want to follow the developments on #BBNJPrepCom? The revamped Treaty Tracker gives you real-time updates and insights from inside the negotiations. Don’t miss a beat and follow the discussions: buff.ly/wNKtX8y #BBNJ #HighSeasTreaty

New #BBNJPrepCom Deep Dives out now! Check out the latest briefings on Observer Participation & Cooperation with Institutions Frameworks and Bodies. Plus, catch up on the updated full series covering key issues: buff.ly/261Gkg8

🌊 After Geneva's plastics treaty disappointment, it’s refreshing to see multilateralism cooperation at work at #BBNJ PrepCom 2! Recap first week: addressing how the #HighSeasTreaty will operate in practice. Bringing the Agreement to life with constructive discussions! 🙌 @highseasalliance.bsky.social

On track to disburse > €20 million worth of #OceanOptimism in 2025 thanks to @oceanweigand.bsky.social & team 🎉 Thanks for continue investing in #30by30 🇩🇪 @bmz.de 🇳🇴@norad.no 🇫🇷 @afd-france.bsky.social 🇸🇪@swedishmfa.bsky.social 🇮🇪 @irishaid.bsky.social

The ocean is crucial life-support for our planet and a key source of sustainable development. Yet, ocean protection is sorely underfunded. Germany's #HLPF side event showcased solutions to close the funding gap and utilize synergies between #SDGs to harness the power of the oceans.

Walk the Nice talk. Better yet, run! "Walking the Nice Talk", my op-ed one week after #UNOC3, published by @iisd.org SDG Knowledge Hub one week after #UNOC3, the Nice Ocean Conference. sdg.iisd.org/commentary/g...

📣 Four+ years in the making, reviewed by 33 scientists, preceded by three papers and presentations on five continents 🌍 — my book on Marine Ecosystem-Based Management (EBM) will be released on October 1st, 2025! 📘🐟🧪🌊🦑

This is the equivalent of smuggling whole generations of preschoolers as they line up for the school bus 'Glass eels' aren't a species, they're the vulnerable young of European Eels, swimming up river to their freshwater adult homes after spending their infant nursery years at the sea.

Glass eel smuggling booms despite bans, leaving species on the brink

#UNOC3 saw an unprecedented wave of ratification that brought us close to 60. But which countries ratified and which signed the #BBNJ Treaty at UNOC? Find out in our Ratification Tracker. More on the UNOC Special Treaty event ↩️ #RaceForRatification buff.ly/9RZrSSp

Really looking forward to this gathering of the Vienna Ocean community at the sidelines of @esa.int 's Living Planet Symposium. Thanks @envpoluniwien.bsky.social and @iddri.bsky.social for co-organising!

📍 Marietta-Blau-Saal at University of Vienna 🕰️ June 24 - 18:30 - 21:30 👉 Register: lnkd.in/e5UXhwqA @alicevadrot.bsky.social @arnela10.bsky.social @pauldunshirn.bsky.social @felixmuller364.bsky.social @ehildeb.bsky.social @wenwenlyu.bsky.social @carolinhirt.bsky.social @univie.ac.at

🐳 📽️ We are inviting you to a special screening of "Ocean" With @univie.ac.at, ech.univie.ac.at @highseasalliance.bsky.social and the Embassy of France in Austria we are diving into the wonderful & diverse world of the ocean 🐠 🪸 🪼 Infos below 👇

🎉 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/h...

#BBNJ and #SDG17. What's the link? Our Cross-Cutting Coordinator @dkachelriess.bsky.social explores how the BBNJ Treaty enhances global partnerships for sustainable development, by contributing directly to SDG 17 & @unoceandecade.bsky.social Read more:

Starke Botschaft für die Meere und unsere funktionierende Demokratie: Die nun ausgeschiedene Umweltministerin @steffi-lemke.de eröffnet die erste Nationale Meereskonferenz, unser neuer Minister Carsten Schneider spricht zum Abschluss. Meeresschutz bleibt Priorität 🌊💪 @bmuv.de #LebendigeMeere

The Clearing-House Mechanism will be central to bringing the #BBNJ Treaty to life. At #BBNJPrepCom today, we supported early work on its core functions and called for inclusive collaboration to help it serve all countries effectively. Read more details: highseasalliance.org/treatytracke...