Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻💻🧬<p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/UN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UN</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Ocean" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ocean</span></a> conference gives 'glimmer of hope' for marine life<br>Key aim was to get <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/HighSeasTreaty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HighSeasTreaty</span></a> ratified by 60 countries to bring it into force. The agreement was signed two years ago to put 30% of ocean into protected areas. Fifty countries had ratified by Friday, but dozens more promised to ratify by end of the year.<br>"UNOC has given us a glimmer of hope that the challenges facing our ocean are being seen and will be tackled" - Tony Long, <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/CEO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CEO</span></a> of Global Fishing Watch<br><a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cq69e4j6jz8o" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">bbc.com/news/articles/cq69e4j6</span><span class="invisible">jz8o</span></a></p>