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29 Congressional Research Service reports and publications

United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS): Living Resources Provisions
2025-09-30 · Reports · R47744 · HTML available · PDF available
Changes in the Arctic: Background and Issues for Congress
2025-07-14 · Reports · R41153 · HTML available · PDF available
U.S. Interest in Seabed Mining in Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction: Brief Background and Recent Developments
2025-05-16 · Resources · IF12608 · HTML available · PDF available
What Is the Blue Economy?
2025-05-06 · Resources · IF12188 · HTML available · PDF available
Seabed Mining in Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction: Issues for Congress
2025-04-25 · Reports · R47324 · HTML available · PDF available
U.S. Petroleum Trade: Crude Oil Imports from Canada and Mexico and Potential Tariffs
2025-02-03 · Posts · IN12488 · HTML available · PDF available
The Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction Agreement (High Seas Treaty)
2024-12-19 · Resources · IF12283 · HTML available · PDF available
Implementing Agreements Under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS)
2024-12-19 · Resources · IF12578 · HTML available · PDF available
Columbia River Treaty
2024-12-03 · Reports · R43287 · HTML available · PDF available
Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated (IUU) Fishing: Frequently Asked Questions
2024-10-08 · Reports · R48215 · HTML available · PDF available
Implications of the European Union Deforestation Regulation
2024-10-02 · Resources · IF12777 · HTML available · PDF available
Biodiversity and Conservation in Tanzania
2024-07-31 · Reports · R48146 · HTML available · PDF available
Northeast Asia: Key to Liquefied Natural Gas Markets
2024-07-12 · Infographics · IG10058 · HTML available · PDF available
NOAA’s Commercial Data Program: Background and Considerations for Congress
2024-05-30 · Resources · IF12671 · HTML available · PDF available
Seabed Mining in the Clarion-Clipperton Zone
2024-05-17 · Infographics · IG10053 · HTML available · PDF available
Outer Limits of the U.S. Extended Continental Shelf: Background and Issues for Congress
2024-02-07 · Reports · R47912 · HTML available · PDF available
Ejiao and the Donkey Hide Trade
2023-03-03 · Reports · R47441 · HTML available · PDF available
Geoengineering: Ocean Iron Fertilization
2022-07-07 · Reports · R47172 · HTML available · PDF available
Approaches for the Sustainable Management of U.S. Ocean Waters and the Ocean Economy: Considerations for Congress
2022-02-08 · Resources · IF12037 · HTML available · PDF available
Reduction in Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD+)
2021-11-01 · Reports · R46952 · HTML available · PDF available
Biodiversity
2021-07-08 · Resources · IF11871 · HTML available · PDF available
U.S. Funding for International Conservation and Biodiversity
2021-06-25 · Reports · R46493 · HTML available · PDF available
The International Joint Commission (IJC)
2019-08-30 · Resources · IF10761 · HTML available · PDF available
International Trophy Hunting
2019-03-20 · Reports · R45615 · HTML available · PDF available
International Illegal Logging: Background and Issues
2019-02-26 · Resources · IF11114 · HTML available · PDF available
Sharing the Colorado River and the Rio Grande: Cooperation and Conflict with Mexico
2018-12-12 · Reports · R45430 · HTML available · PDF available
Softwood Lumber Imports from Canada: Current Issues
2018-04-12 · Reports · R42789 · HTML available · PDF available
The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES)
2016-09-21 · Reports · RL32751 · HTML available
The Lacey Act: Compliance Issues Related to Importing Plants and Plant Products
2014-02-25 · Reports · R42119 · HTML available