In response to concerns that large-scale ocean fertilization might be attempted before its consequences were fully understood, CBD, Parties to the LC and LP and IOC have urged governments to ensure that ocean fertilization activities do not take place until there is an adequate scientific basis on which to justify such activities, including an assessment of associated risks.

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In 2008, the 193 Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) decided that no further ocean fertilization activities for whatever purpose should be carried out in non-coastal waters until there was stronger scientific justification, assessed through a global regulatory mechanism.

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