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GA 1988 REC 053 - Activity Report

Submitted by Catherine.Wallace on Sat, 11/30/2019 - 03:23
Information générale
Antarctique : les activités minières
Constituant de l’UICN: 
Environment and Conservation Organisations of New Zealand
Type de Constituant de l’UICN: 
IUCN Member
Période d’activité: 
2019
Zone géographique: 
Antarctique
Pays/Territoire: 
New Zealand
In implementing this Resolution your organization has worked/consulted with...
Quels autres Membres de l’UICN sont impliqués –ou ont été impliqués- dans la mise en œuvre de cette Résolution ?: 
Royal Forest and Bird Protection Society of New Zealand / New Zealand
Antarctic and Southern Ocean Coalition ( ASOC ) / United States of America
Le Secrétariat de l’UICN, est-il impliqué dans la mise en œuvre de cette Résolution ?: 
No
Veuillez indiquer quels autres acteurs (non-membres de l’UICN) sont impliqués dans la mise en œuvre de cette Résolution: 
Antarctic Treaty Consultative Parties; New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs, NZ Government, NZ policy community, Universities
Implémentation
Indicate and briefly describe any actions that have been carried out to implement this Resolution: 
ActionDescriptionStatus
Education/Communication/SensibilisationECO and ASOC continue to educate and raise awareness of the non extractive values of Antarctica and the need to abide by the Environmental Protocol to the Antarctic Treaty. We debunk claims that the indefinite moratorium will automatically expire in 2048.On-going
Activit�s visant � influencer et/ou promouvoir les politiquesThis 1988 resolution was done on the cusp of the Antarctic Treaty Consultative Parties signing the Antarctic Minerals Regime. Lead by ENGOs and public opinion and Belgium, France and Australia, they then abandoned the Minerals Regime and instead negotiated the Protocol for Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty which was then done in 1991 and came into force in 1998. Despite our and others' urging, they did not adopt a permanent ban on mining and other non-science minerals activities in Antarctica, and instead adopted an indefinite ban on such activity to last at least 50 years and only then to be lifted under stringent conditions. ECO, ASOC, the Antarctic Treaty Parties and others in the international community continue to try to monitor the science related minerals activity to try to ensure that the indefinite ban is not being flouted.On-going
Veuillez indiquer quels ont été les résultats obtenus dans le cadre des activités entreprises pour la mise en œuvre de cette Résolution: 
As reported above, the Antarctic Minerals Regime was abandoned and failed to take effect. The Antarctic Environmental Protocol with an indefinite but at least 50+ year ban on non-science minerals activity took effect in 1998.
Quelles mesures ont été prises afin de surmonter ces obstacles ?: 
This resolution in 1988 was a significant part of a major NGO-led campaign. Secrecy, arrogance, and unwillingness to accept that some places should be off limits to human activities were major barriers. Public campaigning, lifting the veil of secrecy, and stressing the potential for resource rivalry and the potential for conflict in the South were all critical elements as was determination.
Veuillez indiquer et décrire brièvement les activités planifiées par la suite pour la mise en œuvre de cette Résolution: 
Activité FutureDescription
Education/Communication/SensibilisationContinued awareness raising of the vital nature of Antarctica and the Southern Ocean and the need to refrain from extracting minerals, especially fossil fuels. Getting awareness of the negative consequences of resource rivalry and the potential for substitution, 2nd hand resource recovery and reuse are all vital.
Activit�s visant � influencer et/ou promouvoir les politiquesVigilance to ensure that nations do not develop policy, plans or expectations of exploration, mining or other non-science activities in Antarctica. Recognition and celebration of the Antarctic as a nature reserve devoted to peace and science.