Great updates. It’ll be interesting to see how effectively the High Seas Treaty is enforced. There are large parts of the world where trawlers operate with impunity, and another piece of paper is not going to stop them.
Hya Luke. One VERY important area in the high seas that's been overlooked in all these "potential MPA lists" is the Rio Grande Rise off Southern Brazil and Uruguay. It's a rather important, biodiversity-rich are that;'s been eyed for deep-sea mining by a few countries already, and needs to be in the spotlight!
What cuts through here is the gap between formal commitment and operational capacity. The treaty creates jurisdiction, but the real variable is whether institutions, monitoring, and enforcement can be assembled fast enough to matter. Pricing the ocean correctly, governing interventions before they scale, and closing the implementation gap all point to the same issue: coordination under time pressure. The framework exists → the system stress test has already begun.
A very fascinating and important read. Thank you.
This work is just so vital to our future in earth.
This work is just so vital to our future on earth.
The devil is always in the details. Fascinating factoid on the sharks teeth. Another comprehensive and compelling update. Thank you.
Great updates. It’ll be interesting to see how effectively the High Seas Treaty is enforced. There are large parts of the world where trawlers operate with impunity, and another piece of paper is not going to stop them.
Hya Luke. One VERY important area in the high seas that's been overlooked in all these "potential MPA lists" is the Rio Grande Rise off Southern Brazil and Uruguay. It's a rather important, biodiversity-rich are that;'s been eyed for deep-sea mining by a few countries already, and needs to be in the spotlight!
What cuts through here is the gap between formal commitment and operational capacity. The treaty creates jurisdiction, but the real variable is whether institutions, monitoring, and enforcement can be assembled fast enough to matter. Pricing the ocean correctly, governing interventions before they scale, and closing the implementation gap all point to the same issue: coordination under time pressure. The framework exists → the system stress test has already begun.