Australia and the Convention for the Regulation of Antarctic Mineral Resource Activities (CRAMRA)

Australia, a leading Antarctic state that played a key role in negotiating the Convention for the Regulation of Antarctic Mineral Resource Activities, in May 1989 announced its opposition to the Convention and adoption instead of a World Park or Wilderness Reserve concept for Antarctica. This articl...

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Main Authors: Blay, Sam, Tsamenyi, Ben M
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:unknown
Published: Research Online 1990
Subjects:
antarctic
regulation
resource
mineral
activities
australia
cramra
convention
Arts and Humanities
Law
Antarctic
The Antarctic
Antarc*
Antarctica
Online Access:https://ro.uow.edu.au/lhapapers/234
https://ro.uow.edu.au/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1238&context=lhapapers
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Summary:Australia, a leading Antarctic state that played a key role in negotiating the Convention for the Regulation of Antarctic Mineral Resource Activities, in May 1989 announced its opposition to the Convention and adoption instead of a World Park or Wilderness Reserve concept for Antarctica. This article examines possible environmental and economic reasons for Australia's attitude, which is likely to have significant implications for the future of the Convention and for the Antarctic Treaty System as a whole. -Authors

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