A global conference to save the world's oceans kicks off in Panama with urgent calls to adopt an international protection treaty
Representatives of the EU, the US, Latin America and the Pacific Islands called for a treaty on the high seas.
Political and business leaders, environmental activists and academics at the two-day conference on Thursday are grappling with how best to address a multitude of threats facing the oceans - from climate change and pollution to overfishing and mining.
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