Conservation in the Antarctic

• Published in: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. B, Biological Sciences
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Royal Society 1977
• Subjects: Antarctic; Southern Ocean; The Antarctic; Tristan; Antarc*
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rstb.1977.0074; https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/pdf/10.1098/rstb.1977.0074

Formidable legal and administrative complexities arise from conflicting claims to jurisdiction and the continued absence of generally recognized sovereignty over much of the region. Existing conservation measures fall into three groups: elaborate laws made by governments claiming Antarctic territori...