New Trends in the Protection of the Antarctic Environment

The 1991 Madrid Protocol

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ID9544197
AutoresS K N Blay, Sam Blay (University of Tasmania, autor de correspondencia)
Año1992
Volumen86
Número2
Páginas377-399
Fecha de publicación1992-04-01
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaAmerican Journal of International Law (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0002-9300 • E-ISSN: 2161-7953
EditorialCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.2307/2203243
OpenAlexW2314880520
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas10

In June 1991, the Antarctic Treaty states, meeting in Madrid, Spain, approved the Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty (the Madrid Protocol). The Protocol was adopted by the Antarctic Treaty Consultative Parties and opened for signature on October 4, 1991. Negotiated over a three-year period, the Protocol, together with its annexes, is the most comprehensive multilateral document ever adopted on the international protection of the environment. It promises to be a significant blueprint for preserving the Antarctic. An ironic feature of the Protocol is that, while it bans mining in Antarctica, it had its origins in the 1988 Convention for the Regulation of Antarctic Mineral Resource Activities (CRAMRA), which permitted mining

Antarctic treaty · Blueprint · Convention · Environmental protection · Environmental resource management · Geography · Political science · Protocol (science · Treaty · Arctic and Russian Policy Studies · Engineering · Environmental Science · International Maritime Law Issues · Law · Polar Research and Ecology

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