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We recommend starting from episode one, giving a loving nod to our #RaceForRatification mascot, Octavia 🐙

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The High Seas Treaty Wins the 2025 Earthshot Prize As the High Seas Treaty receives the 2025 Earthshot Prize, we reflect on two decades of collaboration, communication, and ocean protection.

Congratulations @highseasalliance.bsky.social, @commsinc.bsky.social, and all involved in making the #HighSeasTreaty a reality on paper and on the water!

A big win for the ocean and our blue planet! #ProudMoment🩵

communicationsinc.co.uk/the-high-sea...

#BBNJ #RaceForRatification #EarthShotPrize

Today we celebrate #WorldOctopusDay with our #RaceForRatification campaign mascot, Octavia! 🐙

Octavia is a reminder of why ratification and implementation of the #HighSeasTreaty is an important step forward in protecting our ocean and the marine life that relies on it.

Beachfront decorated with red and pink inflatable tentacles, lounge chairs, and a clear view of the ocean and distant hills.

🐙 After #UNGA80, we say goodbye to Octavia's tentacles that have travelled the world to raise awareness of the importance of a swift ratification and implementation of the High Seas Treaty.

But worry not, Octavia, our #RaceForRatification mascot, will be back soon.

#RaceForRatification is taking off... from 60 to 73 in one single week. Uruguay 🇺🇾 6 Botswana 🇧🇼 newest kids on the block 🥳 #BBNJ #HighSeasTreaty #OceanOptimism

🌊 Semaine historique pour l’Océan !

En 4 jours :

✅ 15/09 : fin des subventions à la pêche illégale.

✅ 19/09 : +60 États ratifient le traité #BBNJ, couvrant près de 50% de la planète.

L’AFNU salue ce traité historique et appelle à poursuivre cette dynamique. 🌍

#UNOC #RaceForRatification

HISTORIC MILESTONE FOR GLOBAL OCEAN PROTECTION: 60th ratification triggers entry into force of High Seas Treaty - High Seas Alliance 19 September 2025. Following the deposit of ratification instruments by four new countries this week at the United Nations–Sri Lanka, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Sierra Leone and Morocco- the High...

👏👏👏 💃💃💃 We made it!
#HighSeasTreaty finally meets the threshold for its entry into force. The treaty becomes effective after 120 days of the 60th ratification. So in January the #BBNJ Agreement goes live!
#RaceForRatification

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Promotional image for the 80th UN General Assembly, featuring the UN building entrance adorned with international flags, alongside the event's hashtag #UNGA80 and the logo of Communications Inc.

✍️ #UNGA78 saw the #HighSeasTreaty open for signatures & @highseasalliance.bsky.social launched the #RaceForRatification.

With 60+ ratifications in sight, will #UNGA80 be the milestone moment? communicationsinc.co.uk/case_studies/launching-t...

How can the #HighSeasTreaty help enable the protection of nearly half of our planet?

Discover how we can protect it for future generations: buff.ly/mQVvEgX #RaceForRatification

High Seas Treaty Ratification Tracker At least 60 countries must sign and ratify the High Seas Treaty for it to become international law. Join the #RaceForRatification. Ask leaders to ratify the Treaty Now!

MPs must move fast to progress this Bill, which will help to deliver protection for parts of the world's ocean currently wide open to overexploitation.

We're just four countries away from the Treaty being entered into force.

ℹ️: highseasalliance.org/treaty-ratif...

#RaceForRatification

Congratulations to Cambodia🇰🇭 for officially ratifying the #BBNJ Agreement, taking us closer to the goal of 60 ratifications needed for the Treaty to enter into force.

Follow progress and urge more nations to join the #RaceForRatification. https://highseasalliance.org/treaty-ratification/

Infographic titled 'High Seas Treaty Ratification Tracker', showing a map highlighted with Grenada's flag, marking its participation in the #RaceForRatification. The image includes logos of High Seas Alliance, and text stating 55 ratifications and 142 signatures including the EU.

Congratulations to Grenada🇬🇩 for officially ratifying the #BBNJ Treaty.

We are now closer to the goal of 60 ratifications needed for the Treaty to enter into force.

Follow progress and urge more nations to join the #RaceForRatification. https://highseasalliance.org/treaty-ratification/

Infographic by High Seas Alliance showing 142 signatures for the High Seas Treaty as of September 4, 2025, with a hashtag RaceForRatification.

Another country gets added to the list of signatories of the High Seas Treaty 👏 Congratulations to Malaysia🇲🇾!

🎊 So far, 1️⃣4️⃣2️⃣ countries have now officially committed to its ratification!

We look forward to their ratification at the UN soon.

#RaceForRatification

Graphic from the High Seas Alliance showing the High Seas Treaty with 141 signatures as of September 3, 2025, featuring an octopus tentacle and the hashtag RaceForRatification.

👏 Congratulations to Ukraine🇺🇦 for adding its signature to the #BBNJ Agreement.

🎊 So far, 1️⃣4️⃣1️⃣ countries have now officially committed to its ratification!

We look forward to their ratification at the UN soon.

#RaceForRatification

📢 Just before the end of the second #BBNJPrepCom, St. Kitts and Nevis🇰🇳 ratified the #HighSeasTreaty! 🌊

We now need only 6 more ratifications to bring it into force:
https://t.co/iPEkvOJClQ

#RaceForRatification

St. Kitts and Nevis just submitted their instrument of ratification for the #BBNJ Agreement. 🙂We're all smiles at #BBNJ #PrepCom2 because that brings us to 55 ratifications, getting us closer to 60 and soon the #HighSeasTreaty will enter into force!

#RaceForRatification

With just 2 days left of the second #BBNJPrepCom, Cabo Verde 🇨🇻 has ratified the #HighSeasTreaty! 🌊

Only 7 more ratifications needed to bring it into force: t.co/iPEkvOJClQ

#RaceForRatification

Promotional image for the High Seas Treaty displaying "Number of Signatures: 140" as of August 26, 2025, with the logo of the High Seas Alliance and the hashtag #RaceForRatification on a blue oceanic background.

👏 Congratulations to the Republic of Moldova🇲🇩 for adding its signature to the #BBNJ Agreement.

🎊 So far, 140 countries have now officially committed to its ratification!

We look forward to their ratification at the UN soon.

#RaceForRatification

The BBNJ Agreement/ #HighSeasTreaty will enter into force once ratified by 60 countries. So far, the treaty has 52 ratifications with only 8 more to go.
#RaceForRatification

A WAVE OF MESSAGES FOR THE HIGH SEAS - High Seas Alliance Treaty Ratification I’ve joined the global call for swift ratification of the #HighSeasTreaty. See messages from around the world and add yours. #RaceForRatification #BBNJ

The #HighSeasTreaty is a once-in-a-generation opportunity to protect almost 1/2 of our planet, but it needs to be ratified by at least 60 countries.

📣 Ahead of #BBNJPrepCom, make your voice heard! Urge world leaders to ratify NOW! buff.ly/Ox4eIT7
#RaceForRatification

Congratulations to Congo🇨🇬 for officially ratifying the #BBNJ Treaty, taking us closer to the goal of 60 ratifications needed for the Treaty to enter into force.

Follow progress and urge more nations to join the #RaceForRatification. highseasalliance.org/treaty-ratif...

Congratulations to Luxembourg🇱🇺 for officially ratifying the #BBNJ Treaty, taking us closer to the goal of 60 ratifications needed for the Treaty to enter into force.

Follow progress and urge more nations to join the #RaceForRatification. highseasalliance.org/treaty-ratif...

High Seas area in the Salas y Gomes ridge photographed by National Geographic explorer Enric Sala.

Exploitation of the High Seas threatens biodiversity, climate stability and fair access to ocean resources. The #HighSeasTreaty can make a difference.

On #WorldNatureConservationDay, call on your government to ratify the Treaty now! buff.ly/1N5dhHl
📷 Enric Sala
#RaceForRatification

👏 Congratulations to Pakistan🇵🇰 for adding its signature to the #BBNJ Agreement.

🎊 So far, 139 countries have now officially committed to its ratification!

We look forward to their ratification at the UN soon.

#RaceForRatification

👏 Congratulations to Kyrgyzstan🇰🇬 for adding its signature to the #BBNJ Agreement.

🎊 So far, 138 countries have now officially committed to its ratification!

We look forward to their ratification at the UN soon.

#RaceForRatification

The #HighSeasTreaty is a once-in-a-generation opportunity to protect almost 1/2 of our planet, but it needs to be ratified by at least 60 countries for it to enter into force.

📣 Urge leaders around the world to ratify NOW! buff.ly/gA6DIWU
#RaceForRatification #BBNJ

High Seas Treaty Ratification Map At least 60 countries must sign and ratify the High Seas Treaty for it to become international law. Follow progress and see who has signed and ratify the treaty on the world map.

🗺️ Is your country a High Seas champion?
📍 Drop you location in the comments

Send your message to your world leader urging them to ratify the #BBNJ Treaty now! Together, we can achieve 60 ratifications! #RaceForRatification
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Ocean Conservation Pact: UN Ocean Conference Boosts High Seas Treaty Momentum Marine Action: Over 175 nations back High Seas Treaty at UN Ocean Conference, advancing global goals to protect biodiversity beyond national waters.

The High Seas Treaty is on the brink of entry into force, promising legal protections, global governance, and progress towards #30x30.

Thanks to world leaders' call at #UNOC3 to accelerate the #RaceForRatification, momentum for the Treaty is building.

Ministers pledge UK action to ratify high seas treaty by end of year Move comes after efforts at UN ocean summit to establish marine protected areas in international waters

Hopeful that we'll soon have those 10 countries, looks like many countries are still waiting for the legal processes of ratification through their legislative assemblies to conclude. E.g. the UK pledged to take action by the end of the year. #RaceForRatification

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

👏 Congratulations to Suriname🇸🇷 for adding its signature to the #BBNJ Treaty.

🎊 So far, 137 countries have now officially committed to its ratification!

We look forward to their ratification at the UN soon.

#RaceForRatification