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Antarctica resources: Economic activities in Antarctica - resources and legal regimes
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Jabour, J, Antarctica resources: Economic activities in Antarctica - resources and legal regimes, Research Handbook on International Law and Natural Resources, Edward Elgar Publishing, E Morgera, K Kulovesi (ed), Cheltenham, UK, pp. 432-445. ISBN 9781783478323 (2016) [Research Book Chapter]
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Copyright 2016 The Editors and Contributors severally
DOI: doi:10.4337/9781783478330
Abstract
The Antarctic is that region of the Southern Hemisphere containing the continent of
Antarctica and the Southern Ocean that surrounds it. The region (hereinafter 'Antarctica')
has a number of boundaries, both in law (for example, 'south of 60° South')
and in the natural sciences (for example, 'south of the Antarctic Convergence'). The
variety of economically viable natural resources in Antarctica is limited. The region has
suffered from over-exploitation of whales, seals and penguins since Captain Cook
returned to England and reported that the southern seas were teeming with wildlife.
Explorers, such as Sir Douglas Mawson, collected geological specimens on their
exploration and discovery expeditions, and these collections supported theories that the
same kinds of minerals being extracted in post-Gondwana continents such as India and
Australia might also be found in Antarctica. But this place has never been seen as a
storehouse of great riches, per se, because of its relative isolation, inhospitable climate
and the economic impracticality of resource extraction. Rather, since the twentieth
century, Antarctica has become valued more for its potential for scientific information,
including about global climate processes, than for its economic potential.
Item Details
Item Type: | Research Book Chapter |
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Keywords: | Antarctica, resources, international law |
Research Division: | Law and Legal Studies |
Research Group: | International and comparative law |
Research Field: | International criminal law |
Objective Division: | Environmental Management |
Objective Group: | Other environmental management |
Objective Field: | Other environmental management not elsewhere classified |
UTAS Author: | Jabour, J (Dr Julia Jabour) |
ID Code: | 113961 |
Year Published: | 2016 |
Deposited By: | Oceans and Cryosphere |
Deposited On: | 2017-01-31 |
Last Modified: | 2018-03-28 |
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