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No Commitment for the High Seas

No Commitment for the High Seas

 

The final draft conference text on oceans delays action on protecting international waters - just as civil society groups vote it top priority in their session. The United States denies it blocked progress  - the High Seas Alliance coalition issues a stern rebuke.

Negotiations to get better protection for the world's oceans may have faltered at the Rio+20 Earth Summit, but on the other side of town the so-called "People's Summit" is showing the politicians how it should be done. Charlotte Smith of Oceans Inc reports...

 

 

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