Australia and the Antarctic Treaty System 50 Years of Influence
by Haward, Marcus; Griffiths, Tom; Woolcott, RichardFormat: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2012-01-01
Publisher(s): University of New South Wales Press
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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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