French and international associations call for 'ocean rights'

A collective of French and international associations launched a call for "the rights of the oceans" to be included in the United Nations declaration set to be adopted in Nice this June. They argued that current laws had failed to prevent the collapse of marine ecosystems and that new legal frameworks and governance models were needed to protect ocean health. 

The campaign, launched from Marseille, brought together NGOs from France, the U.S., and South America, aiming to influence the UN conference in June.