Goal
Their goal is to achieve for the High Seas the fundamental objectives of the 1988 World Conservation Strategy -- repeated in IUCN's Guidelines for Marine Protected Areas:
- to maintain essential ecological processes and life support systems;
- to preserve genetic diversity; and
- to ensure the sustainable utilization of species and ecosystems.
Read more about this topic: WCPA High Seas Task Force
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