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

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 October 2009

S. K. N. Blay  and
B. M. Tsamenyi
S. K. N. Blay
Affiliation:
Law School and The Institute of Antarctic and Southern Ocean Studies, University of Tasmania 7001, Australia
B. M. Tsamenyi
Affiliation:
Law School and The Institute of Antarctic and Southern Ocean Studies, University of Tasmania 7001, Australia
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Abstract

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.

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Polar Record , Volume 26 , Issue 158 , July 1990 , pp. 195 - 202
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1990

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