Money-making in Antarctica and Related Challenges to the Antarctic Treaty System
This article discusses commercial activities in Antarctica and the challenges these activities pose for the Antarctic Treaty System (ATS). Attention focuses on developments in fishing, tourism and biological prospecting in Antarctica and on possible future ice harvesting. The discussions show that ‘...
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ftunigroningenpu:oai:pure.rug.nl:publications/1b62068c-710d-4fc3-ab4a-98395387b87f 2024-06-02T07:57:43+00:00 Money-making in Antarctica and Related Challenges to the Antarctic Treaty System Bastmeijer, Kees Jabour, Julia Leary, David Wallace, Claire 2023 https://hdl.handle.net/11370/1b62068c-710d-4fc3-ab4a-98395387b87f https://research.rug.nl/en/publications/1b62068c-710d-4fc3-ab4a-98395387b87f eng eng https://research.rug.nl/en/publications/1b62068c-710d-4fc3-ab4a-98395387b87f info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess Bastmeijer , K , Jabour , J , Leary , D & Wallace , C 2023 , ' Money-making in Antarctica and Related Challenges to the Antarctic Treaty System ' , The Yearbook of Polar Law , vol. 15 . Antarctica fishing tourism biological prospecting utilisation natural resources Antarctic governance consensus decision-making resilience article 2023 ftunigroningenpu 2024-05-07T21:59:31Z This article discusses commercial activities in Antarctica and the challenges these activities pose for the Antarctic Treaty System (ATS). Attention focuses on developments in fishing, tourism and biological prospecting in Antarctica and on possible future ice harvesting. The discussions show that ‘money-making’ in Antarctica has expanded and diversified over the past decades. While all these activities are subjected to existing ATS regulations, many policy questions are waiting for an answer from the countries that jointly govern the Antarctic. A common characteristic regarding all commercial activities is that decision-making to proactively prevent negative impacts and risks to the principles and values of the ATS has proven to be very limited. This can directly affect the resilience of the ATS: continued lack of decision-making is likely to water down and undermine these principles and values, which may also increase tensions between the Consultative Parties to the Antarctic Treaty. It is incumbent on Consultative Parties to work harder to try advance resolution of the outstanding policy issues, particularly in a time when the Antarctic ecosystem is also under increasing pressure from climate change. Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctic Antarctica Yearbook of Polar Law University of Groningen research database Antarctic The Antarctic |
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This article discusses commercial activities in Antarctica and the challenges these activities pose for the Antarctic Treaty System (ATS). Attention focuses on developments in fishing, tourism and biological prospecting in Antarctica and on possible future ice harvesting. The discussions show that ‘money-making’ in Antarctica has expanded and diversified over the past decades. While all these activities are subjected to existing ATS regulations, many policy questions are waiting for an answer from the countries that jointly govern the Antarctic. A common characteristic regarding all commercial activities is that decision-making to proactively prevent negative impacts and risks to the principles and values of the ATS has proven to be very limited. This can directly affect the resilience of the ATS: continued lack of decision-making is likely to water down and undermine these principles and values, which may also increase tensions between the Consultative Parties to the Antarctic Treaty. It is incumbent on Consultative Parties to work harder to try advance resolution of the outstanding policy issues, particularly in a time when the Antarctic ecosystem is also under increasing pressure from climate change. |
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Money-making in Antarctica and Related Challenges to the Antarctic Treaty System |
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