Antarctic governance of biological resources: the Argentine White Genome project

• Published in: The Polar Journal
• Main Author: Novas, Mariano Axel
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Subjects: ANTARCTIC GOVERNANCE; ANTARCTIC TREATY SYSTEM; BIOLOGICAL RESOURCES; BIOPROSPECTION; SOVEREIGNTY; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/5.6; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/5; Antarctic; The Antarctic; Argentina; Argentine; Blanco; Antarc*; The Polar Journal
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11336/168314

The purpose of the Antarctic Treaty is to ensure the peaceful use and demilitarisation of the vast Antarctic continent, as well as the corresponding suspension of territorial claims in the region. Aside from managing relations among individual states, the Treaty also encourages scientific collaborat...