Environmental Protection in Antarctica: Applicability as the Achilles' Heel of the 1991 Protocol

• Main Author: Akerib, Pierre
• Format: Report
• Language: French
• Published: Global Studies Institute 2021
• Subjects: info:eu-repo/classification/ddc/320; Jurisdiction; Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty; Environment; Tourism; Achilles Heel; Antarctic; The Antarctic; Antarc*; Antarctica; Antarctique*
• Online Access: https://archive-ouverte.unige.ch/unige:149973

Antarctica is one of the last pristine places on earth and hosts an extremely sensitive ecosystem. Currently, the protection of the Antarctic environment is addressed by the Antarctic Treaty System. In this context, the States parties to the 1991 Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic...