Australia and the Antarctic Treaty System 50 Years of Influence

by Haward, Marcus; Griffiths, Tom; Woolcott, Richard

• ISBN13: 9781742232232
• ISBN10: 174223223X
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2012-01-01
• Publisher: University of New South Wales Press

Summary

The Antarctic Treaty System (ATS) has been a notably successful international collaboration that has fostered scientific discovery, environmental protection andmost of allpeace, while enabling national interest and endeavor. Published to coincide with the Antarctic Treaty's 50th anniversary, this record examines Australia's crucial contributions to the ATS throughout its historyincluding legal, diplomatic, historical, environmental, and scientific assistance. Filling the gap of Australia's involvement in Antarctic politics and diplomacy, this book will especially interest historians, policy makers, and international law specialists.

Table of Contents

List of contributors	p. Vii
Foreword	p. Xiii
Acknowledgments	p. Xvi
Introduction	p. 1
'Our great frozen neighbour': Australia and Antarctica before the Treaty, 1880-1945	p. 9
Sovereignty	p. 48
Australia and the negotiation of the Antarctic Treaty	p. 68
Law	p. 97
Already a special case? Australian Antarctic policy in the first decade of the Antarctic Treaty	p. 118
Science	p. 138
Managing marine living resources, the 1970s-1990s	p. 164
Mapping	p. 181
Australia, the United Nations and the Question of Antarctica	p. 202
Resources	p. 222
Mining and 'World Park Antarctica', 1982-1991	p. 243
Diplomacy	p. 274
The Protocol in action, 1991-2010	p. 300
Environment	p. 320
Australia's Antarctic future	p. 334
Culture	p. 346
Australian Antarctic timeline	p. 373
Acronyms	p. 382
References	p. 385
Index	p. 399
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