Permanent Land‐based Facilities for Tourism in Antarctica: The Need for Regulation
Antarctica is often described as one of world's last wildernesses. For a very long time, its isolation from human settlements provided an effective protection from intensive human visitation; however, over the past two decades, human activities in Antarctica – in particular tourist activities –...
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crwiley:10.1111/j.1467-9388.2008.00585.x 2024-09-15T17:44:42+00:00 Permanent Land‐based Facilities for Tourism in Antarctica: The Need for Regulation Bastmeijer, Kees Lamers, Machiel Harcha, Juan 2008 http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9388.2008.00585.x https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fj.1467-9388.2008.00585.x https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1467-9388.2008.00585.x en eng Wiley http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/termsAndConditions#vor Review of European Community & International Environmental Law volume 17, issue 1, page 84-99 ISSN 0962-8797 1467-9388 journal-article 2008 crwiley https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9388.2008.00585.x 2024-08-22T04:17:46Z Antarctica is often described as one of world's last wildernesses. For a very long time, its isolation from human settlements provided an effective protection from intensive human visitation; however, over the past two decades, human activities in Antarctica – in particular tourist activities – have grown and diversified rapidly. In view of environmental and other concerns, regulating Antarctic tourism has become one of the major issues of debate within the Antarctic Treaty System. One of the questions that has received much attention since 2004 is the question of whether additional measures are needed to regulate (e.g. prohibit) the future development of permanent land‐based facilities (such as hotels, visitor centres, logistic facilities) for tourism in Antarctica. A number of State governments involved in the Antarctic Treaty System have proposed to prohibit such developments; however, the question has not yet received a clear answer. After a brief introduction to the Antarctic Treaty System, this article provides a definition of permanent land‐based facilities for tourism and an overview of current and past land‐based tourism facilities in Antarctica. Next, the question of whether such facilities are likely to further develop in the near future is discussed and an inventory is made of arguments for and against such developments. Environmental issues will be discussed first, followed by other considerations. Based on this information, a number of regulatory options are described for consideration by policy makers. The authors argue that there is a need for regulating permanent land‐based tourist facilities in Antarctica and in the conclusion of this article they express their views in respect of the most favourable option. Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctic Antarctica Wiley Online Library Review of European Community & International Environmental Law 17 1 84 99 |
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Antarctica is often described as one of world's last wildernesses. For a very long time, its isolation from human settlements provided an effective protection from intensive human visitation; however, over the past two decades, human activities in Antarctica – in particular tourist activities – have grown and diversified rapidly. In view of environmental and other concerns, regulating Antarctic tourism has become one of the major issues of debate within the Antarctic Treaty System. One of the questions that has received much attention since 2004 is the question of whether additional measures are needed to regulate (e.g. prohibit) the future development of permanent land‐based facilities (such as hotels, visitor centres, logistic facilities) for tourism in Antarctica. A number of State governments involved in the Antarctic Treaty System have proposed to prohibit such developments; however, the question has not yet received a clear answer. After a brief introduction to the Antarctic Treaty System, this article provides a definition of permanent land‐based facilities for tourism and an overview of current and past land‐based tourism facilities in Antarctica. Next, the question of whether such facilities are likely to further develop in the near future is discussed and an inventory is made of arguments for and against such developments. Environmental issues will be discussed first, followed by other considerations. Based on this information, a number of regulatory options are described for consideration by policy makers. The authors argue that there is a need for regulating permanent land‐based tourist facilities in Antarctica and in the conclusion of this article they express their views in respect of the most favourable option. |
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Permanent Land‐based Facilities for Tourism in Antarctica: The Need for Regulation |
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