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Progress and frustration mark the UN’s third Ocean Conference

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Third U.N. Ocean Conference in Nice , France , hosted by France and Costa Rica , held last week .

The biggest focus of the conference was the high seas treaty, also known as the agreement on biodiversity beyond national jurisdictions.

Nearly 20 countries ratified the treaty over just a few days , bringing the total up to 50 .

French Polynesia declares all 1.9 million square miles of its exclusive economic zone a marine protected area.

Other declarations and pledges linked oceans to climate change, plastic pollution, economic inequality, and the erosion of public trust in science.

Many delegates delivered statements about a healthy ocean’s role in mitigating global warming.

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