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Showing 1 to 20 of 22 for “"Antarctic Treaty"”.
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British influence on the Antarctic treaty system 1959-64
… adopted historical view of the creation of the Antarctic Treaty and the subsequent development of the Antarctic Treaty System (ATS) places the United States at the centre of both. It is suggested that this view is too simple and the genesis of the ATS remains poorly understood. It is accepted …
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A Stakeholder Analysis of the Creation of High Seas Marine Protected Areas within the Antarctic Treaty System
… of the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR) concerning the establishment of an MPA in the Southern Ocean. The study reveals both benefits and weaknesses in the ACERA method. It also portrays conflicting views among these stakeholders, and that the …
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Antarctic Protected Areas
The system of protected sites established for Antarctic terrestrial environments by the Antarctic Treaty is examined - protection of sites is one of the measures available to Contracting Parties to the Treaty for the preservation and conservation of the Antarctic Environment. Protected sites are …
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Frozen in Place: American Policy and Practice in Antarctica
After the Antarctic Treaty entered into force, the United States Antarctic Program grew from an unstructured beginning and developed into an entrenched bureaucracy. The bureaucracy evolved its own interests, not all of which were consistent with national interests. As a result, a program with …
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Environmental management in Antarctica using geographical information systems
… marine environmental management problems in Antarctica, emphasising the potential application of Geographical Information Systems (GIS). Rules for environmental management in Antarctica have been agreed within the Antarctic Treaty system (ATS) and in the 1991 Protocol on Environmental …
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Wilderness visitor managment and Antarctic tourism
… of tourists who are visiting wilderness areas in Antarctica. Previous research has addressed Antarctic tourism largely as a policy issue. This research looks at Antarctic tourism in the context of the debate on wilderness and focuses on the implications for tourism and on the thinking about …
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The Design and Servicability of Antarctic Stations
Stations in Antarctica must fulfil the basic aims of providing protection from the harsh climate and a safe and comfortable environment for staff. Faur stations have been selected, from the 39 operating during the winter of 1986, and analysed for the way they match the various constraints to …
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Human impact on the McMurdo Dry Valley soils of Antarctica: Extending the limits of DNA detection
Antarctica is commonly regarded as the most pristine place on Earth and is safeguarded by the Antarctic Treaty System (ATS). The ATS designates the continent as a “natural reserve, devoted to peace and science” and sets out environmental principles regulating human activities. The obligations under …
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Joint development of offshore polar oil and gas resources and the united nations convention on the law of the sea
… risks. The Environmental Protocol to the Antarctic Treaty currently suspends exploration for state parties for oil and gas in the Southern Ocean, however current exploration has been reported. A JDZ may be defined as an inter-governmental arrangement of a provisional or permanent nature, …
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Joint development of offshore polar oil and gas resources and the united nations convention on the law of the sea
… risks. The Environmental Protocol to the Antarctic Treaty currently suspends exploration for state parties for oil and gas in the Southern Ocean, however current exploration has been reported. A JDZ may be defined as an inter-governmental arrangement of a provisional or permanent nature, …
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Tourism in polar environments - with special reference to Greenland and Antarctica
… its environmental impact in Greenland and Antarctica and its likely future development there. Finally the present s ta·tus of environmental management as practised in the two studied areas is evaluated. It is concluded that the level of 'tourism and its present environmental impact in …
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Wilderness And Aesthetic Values In The Antarctic
… 1991 Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty requires parties: 'to identify within a systematic environmental-geographical framework ... areas of outstanding aesthetic and wilderness value' (Annex V, article 3.2). In order to develop these frameworks, procedures and techniques …
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Management requirements for tourist landing sites in the maritime Antarctic and a model plan for Deception Island, South Shetland Islands
Increasing tourist visits to the Maritime Antarctic potentially threaten to damage scientific research, and the environment of landing sites. The current obligatory and hortatory requirements have been developed to control activities of tourists, and not to manage the land they use. This protection …
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Arresting visions : a geographical theory of Antarctic light
As a site at the margin of terrestrial systems, Antarctica disrupts the usual practices of visual representation. This thesis investigates, what I call, chronogeographical approaches to visual culture within the Antarctic terrain. The material and theoretical chronogeographies of vision are mapped …
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A historical geography of Halley research station, Antarctica, 1956 – present
… station, a British research station in East Antarctica. This study is the first in-depth history of Halley station, a site unique even among the already remarkable category of Antarctic research stations. Established for the International Geophysical Year of 1957-58, just a few years before …
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LA ACIDIFICAZIONE DEGLI OCEANI E IL DIRITTO INTERNAZIONALE
… ecosystems within the Arctic Council and the Antarctic Treaty System. The working hypothesis of this research is that there are no binding universal norms regulating ocean acidification, or that such norms are not effectively adapted to address this problem. The thesis put forward is that, as …
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Human-animal interaction in the Antarctic: an animal behaviour approach to human disturbance of penguin colonies
Human disturbance of Antarctic penguins is an important aspect of Antarctic conservation. It is a phenomenon which has raised concern for several decades, and has prompted the creation of guidelines for human behaviour which aim to minimise disturbance to these and other Antarctic animals. …
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Perspectives on Antarctic conservation: an analysis of New Zealand Antarctic stakeholder views
The Antarctic, open to all and under no state ownership, is one of the world’s global commons. This area is facing challenges that extend beyond its boundaries. Challenges stemming from global warming, economic utilisation of natural resources, increased human visitation and growing science-related …
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