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Podcast: Mongabay Newscast
Episode: Mongabay Reports: What's in the new U.N. High Seas treaty?
Description: More than 15 years in the making, the United Nations has finally reached an agreement on a landmark, legally binding treaty to protect international waters, where a myriad of wildlife big and small live. Why did it take so long, and what happens next? Hear all about it by listening to this audio reading of the popular article by Elizabeth Fitt:Â As U.N. members clinch historic high seas biodiversity treaty, what's in it? Please invite your friends to subscribe to the Mongabay Newscast wherever they get podcasts from, or download our f...