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Protocol to the Antarctic Treaty on Environmental Protection

Date:1991
Description:The objectives of the Protocol are to "reaffirm the status of the Antarctica as a special conservation area, and to enhance the framework for the protection of the Antarctic environment with its dependent and associated ecosystems."
Regions:Amazon Basin
Countries:India
South Africa
Type:Conventions and treaties
URL:http://sedac.ciesin.org/entri/texts/antarctic.treaty.protocol.1991.html
Date entered:2001-10-26

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