On this issue, the interests of some rich countries, which are the ones with the greatest capacity to take advantage of these advances, and those of the developing world, which fears being excluded, clashed.
Environmental organizations, very present throughout the process, have pressured governments to close a solid and ambitious treaty, which they see as a unique opportunity to protect the oceans.
“Governments and civil society must now ensure that the agreement is adopted and entered into force quickly and that it is effectively implemented to safeguard biodiversity on the high seas,” Liz Karan, director of the Oceans Campaign at the United States, said in a statement. the Pew Charitable Trusts.
In an announcement seen as a gesture to bolster North-South confidence, the European Union in New York pledged 40 million euros ($42.4 million) to facilitate the ratification of the treaty and its initial application.
He also announced in Panama more than 800 million euros (848 million dollars) to protect the oceans by 2023 at the “Our Oceans” conference that concluded on Friday.
In total, the Panamanian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Janaina Tewaney, announced “341 new commitments” for an amount of close to 20,000 million dollars —of which close to 6,000 million offered by the United States— that were adopted during this conference to protect the seas.