The Antarctic environmental protocol and its domestic legal implementation
"A major step towards the comprehensive protection of the Antarctic environment is the adoption of the Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty in 1991. The Protocol entered into force in January 1998 and provides a comprehensive system of obligations and prohibitions addressing most types of activities in the region south of 60 degrees south latitude. However, because of the absence of undisputed sovereignty in Antarctica, the legal protection of the Antarctic environment depends on the collective efforts of the Contracting Parties to the Protocol. Have the Contracting Parties adequately incorporated the key provisions of the Protocol into their domestic legal systems? Will the complex of domestic legal systems of the Contracting Parties adequately ensure a 'comprehensive protection' of the 'natural reserve' of Antarctica, as specified by Article 2 of the Protocol? These questions are the subject of this book."--Jacket
International environmental law and policy series, v. 65, volume 65
1 online resource (xx, 517 pages)
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Introduction to the Antarctic treaty system and the objective in this book
Part I
Environmental protection in Antarctica and the domestic implementation of the Protocol general concepts
Environmental protection in Antarctica
Introduction to the domestic implementation of the Protocol
Part II
the domestic legal implementation of the Protocol by the contracting parties
Scope: geographical area, protected values and jurisdictions
Environmental impact assessment
Authorizing activities in Antarctica
Supervision and enforcement
Part III
conclusions and recommendations
Conclusions: the Protocol and its domestic legal implementation: joint protection of a natural reserve?
Annex: Domestic Antarctic legislation and selection of documents