World leaders urged to adopt ocean treaty

The U.N. leaned on star power in a renewed push for a legally binding global treaty in 2020 to promote conservation and sustainable uses of high seas.

By Arete News - August 19, 2019

Plastic debris washed ashore from the Pacific Ocean (AN/Kevin Krejci)

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