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The Other 70%: New legal paradigms to halt extinction, recognise Ocean rights, and confront ecocide

Nature and the biosphere

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Global efforts such as the 30x30 target under the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework represent an essential step forward in ocean protection. Yet they also bring into sharper focus a critical question: How do we govern, protect and take responsibility for the remaining 70% of the ocean - the high seas? This “other 70%” lies largely beyond protected areas, where regulatory gaps persist and pressures on marine ecosystems have not ceased to intensify.

  • Date (DD-MM-YYYY)

    09-04-2026

  • Time (GMT/BST)

    Starts at 15:00

  • Cost

    Free

  • Education type

    Virtual

  • CPD subtype

    Scheduled

Description

This session will focus on how to address the growing pressures facing marine biodiversity across the full ocean system.

Together we will explore:

  • The challenge of halting marine species extinction, particularly across the unprotected 70% of the ocean
  • Persistent gaps in ocean governance, and how recent developments, such as marine protected areas and the High Seas Treaty (BBNJ), begin to address them
  • The emerging legal concepts of ecocide law and ocean rights, and their potential to create accountability beyond protected areas
  • Strategies for safeguarding genetic diversity in marine environments
  • Approaches to managing human-wildlife conflicts in ocean contexts

While protected areas are essential, they are not sufficient on their own. The health of the ocean depends equally on how we regulate, value and protect the much larger portion that lies beyond them.

This webinar invites a forward-looking conversation on the legal and governance innovations needed to meet that challenge.

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