Challenges of the Southern Ocean - "The Antarctic Beyond the Continent".
The Southern Ocean is the fourth largest ocean in the world, it sustains a wide variety of marine life and plays a significant role in the global climate. No legal definition of the Southern Ocean exists, although there are biological and physical boundaries. Various human activities, such as scienc...
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ftunivcanter:oai:ir.canterbury.ac.nz:10092/14323 2023-05-15T13:49:26+02:00 Challenges of the Southern Ocean - "The Antarctic Beyond the Continent". Bombosch, Annette Laird, Islay Little, Lorna Tubby, Michael 2009 application/pdf http://hdl.handle.net/10092/14323 English en eng http://hdl.handle.net/10092/14323 All Rights Reserved Theses / Dissertations 2009 ftunivcanter 2022-09-08T13:36:45Z The Southern Ocean is the fourth largest ocean in the world, it sustains a wide variety of marine life and plays a significant role in the global climate. No legal definition of the Southern Ocean exists, although there are biological and physical boundaries. Various human activities, such as science, tourism, bioprospecting and fishing have been identified. They pose environmental and legislative challenges to the Southern Ocean which have not yet been fully resolved. Climate change, which is often neglected as a result of human activity, is also interfering with the marine ecosystem. The current shortcomings in regulating these activities have been identified and recommendations have been made in order to protect the future of the Southern Ocean. The Southern Ocean is the fourth largest ocean in the world, it sustains a wide variety of marine life and plays a significant role in the global climate. No legal definition of the Southern Ocean exists, although there are biological and physical boundaries. Various human activities, such as science, tourism, bioprospecting and fishing have been identified. They pose environmental and legislative challenges to the Southern Ocean which have not yet been fully resolved. Climate change, which is often neglected as a result of human activity, is also interfering with the marine ecosystem. The current shortcomings in regulating these activities have been identified and recommendations have been made in order to protect the future of the Southern Ocean. Other/Unknown Material Antarc* Antarctic Southern Ocean University of Canterbury, Christchurch: UC Research Repository Antarctic Southern Ocean The Antarctic |
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The Southern Ocean is the fourth largest ocean in the world, it sustains a wide variety of marine life and plays a significant role in the global climate. No legal definition of the Southern Ocean exists, although there are biological and physical boundaries. Various human activities, such as science, tourism, bioprospecting and fishing have been identified. They pose environmental and legislative challenges to the Southern Ocean which have not yet been fully resolved. Climate change, which is often neglected as a result of human activity, is also interfering with the marine ecosystem. The current shortcomings in regulating these activities have been identified and recommendations have been made in order to protect the future of the Southern Ocean. The Southern Ocean is the fourth largest ocean in the world, it sustains a wide variety of marine life and plays a significant role in the global climate. No legal definition of the Southern Ocean exists, although there are biological and physical boundaries. Various human activities, such as science, tourism, bioprospecting and fishing have been identified. They pose environmental and legislative challenges to the Southern Ocean which have not yet been fully resolved. Climate change, which is often neglected as a result of human activity, is also interfering with the marine ecosystem. The current shortcomings in regulating these activities have been identified and recommendations have been made in order to protect the future of the Southern Ocean. |
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Bombosch, Annette Laird, Islay Little, Lorna Tubby, Michael Challenges of the Southern Ocean - "The Antarctic Beyond the Continent". |
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Bombosch, Annette Laird, Islay Little, Lorna Tubby, Michael |
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Challenges of the Southern Ocean - "The Antarctic Beyond the Continent". |
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Challenges of the Southern Ocean - "The Antarctic Beyond the Continent". |
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Challenges of the Southern Ocean - "The Antarctic Beyond the Continent". |
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Challenges of the Southern Ocean - "The Antarctic Beyond the Continent". |
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Challenges of the Southern Ocean - "The Antarctic Beyond the Continent". |
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challenges of the southern ocean - "the antarctic beyond the continent". |
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Antarc* Antarctic Southern Ocean |
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