Time is running out for the Global Ocean Treaty, an agreement framed by the United Nations to protect at least 30 percent of the oceans by 2030 for a sustainable future, Greenpeace India and Mineral Inheritors Rights Association said, urging the Centre to step up diplomatic efforts for the greater common good.
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The treaty is an effort to bring a legally binding instrument under the 1982 UN Convention on the Law of the Sea for conservation and sustainable use of marine biological diversity for areas beyond national jurisdiction.