Essays about: "The Antarctic Treaty System"

Found 4 essays containing the words The Antarctic Treaty System.

1. 1. Integrated Oceans Management of Antarctic Waters: Opportunities for Marine Protected Areas in the Convergence of the Antarctic Legal Regime and the Law of the Sea

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Juridiska institutionen

   Author : Katarina Wallerstedt; [2022-09-26]
   Keywords : Antarctica; Southern Ocean; Integrated Ocean Management; Marine Protected Areas; Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction; International Law; The Antarctic Treaty System; The Law of the Sea;

   Abstract : Antarctica is home to some of the last untouched places on Earth, but its marine environment is endangered because of increased ocean activities in Antarctic waters. These developments are not unique to the Antarctic seas but are a global trend in all the world’s oceans. READ MORE

3. 2. FROZEN POLITICS ON A THAWING CONTINENT : A Political Ecology Approach to Understanding Science and its Relationship to Neocolonial and Capitalist Processes in Antarctica

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Humanekologi

   Author : Manon Burbidge; [2019]
   Keywords : Antarctica; Political Ecology; Neocolonialism; Capital Accumulation; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : Despite possessing a unique relationship between humankind and the environment, and its occupation of a large proportion of the planet’s surface area, Antarctica is markedly absent from literature produced within the disciplines of human and political ecology. With no states or indigenous peoples, Antarctica is instead governed by a conglomeration of states as part of the Antarctic Treaty System, which places high values upon scientific research, peace and conservation. READ MORE

4. 3. Antarctica - no man's land, all man's problem. Environmental aspects of Antarctic tourism

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen

   Author : Julia Henriksson; [2013]
   Keywords : Maritime law; Antarctica; tourism; environmental impact; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : På den antarktiska kontinenten finns värdefulla och i princip oexploaterade naturtillgångar. Dess geostrategiska betydelse och potentiella rikedomar gör Antarktis attraktivt för både forskare och företag. Storbritannien gjorde som första land suveräna anspråk på en del av Antarktis år 1908. READ MORE

5. 4. Geographical and Environmental Impacts of Climate Change in the Arctic Legal Regime: Towards a Comprehensive Legal Order for Balancing Environmental Governance and International Trade & Commerce Interests

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen

   Author : Tafsir Matin; [2012]
   Keywords : Soft law; Hard law; Arctic Council; strict liability; absolute liability; zero-discharge policy; Commercial implications; Geographical impacts; Environmental impacts; Climate Change; Arctic States; Intercross; Balancing interests; New legal regime; Multilateral agreements; Joint contingency plans; Arctic national legislations; International Conventions.; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : The thesis aims at supplementing a critique of the existing international instruments, regional responses and national legislation of the Arctic related to marine environmental protection. With this aim in view, the thesis satisfies its objective by proposing a Bipartite “Arctic Council” acting as a conglomeration of the Arctic States and the Flag States with a hybrid “Arctic treaty”, which is an interplay of international and regional response. READ MORE