Australia and the Convention for the Regulation of Antarctic Mineral Resource Activities (CRAMRA)

Abstract Australia, a leading Antarctic state that played a key role in negotiating the Convention for the Regulation of Antarctic Mineral Resource Activities, in May 1989 announced its opposition to the Convention and adoption instead of a World Park or Wilderness Reserve concept for Antarctica. Th...

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Published in:Polar Record
Main Authors: Blay, S. K. N., Tsamenyi, B. M.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 1990
Subjects:
Antarctic
The Antarctic
Antarc*
Antarctica
Polar Record
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0032247400011438
https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0032247400011438
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Summary:Abstract Australia, a leading Antarctic state that played a key role in negotiating the Convention for the Regulation of Antarctic Mineral Resource Activities, in May 1989 announced its opposition to the Convention and adoption instead of a World Park or Wilderness Reserve concept for Antarctica. This article examines possible environmental and economic reasons for Australia's attitude, which is likely to have significant implications for the future of the Convention and for the Antarctic Treaty System as a whole.

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