Research Catalog

Title

Looking south : Australia's Antarctic agenda / editors, Lorne K. Kriwoken, Julia Jabour, Alan D. Hemmings.

Publication

Annandale, NSW : Federation Press, 2007.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Kriwoken, Lorne K.
• Jabour, Julia
• Hemmings, Alan D.

Description

xxi, 227 p. : maps; 24 cm.

Summary

Australia claims sovereignty over 42% of Antarctica and is necessarily a key player in the management of the frozen continent. In Looking South, leading academics and practitioners inspect Australia's contemporary agenda.

Subject

• Antarctic Treaty (1959 December 1) > History
• Environmental policy > Antarctica > Australian Antarctic Territory
• Antarctic Treaty system
• Australian Antarctic Territory

Genre/Form

History

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [197]-215) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

• 1. Introduction / Julia Jabour, Alan D Hemmings and Lorne K Kriwoken -- 2. Flexing Australian Sovereignty in Antarctica: Pushing Antarctic Treaty Limits in the National Interest? / Donald R Rothwell and Shirley V Scott -- 3. Setting and Implementing the Agenda: Australian Antarctic Policy / Marcus Haward, Rob Hall and Aynsley Kellow -- 4. Australian Influence in the Antarctic Treaty System: An End or Means? / Stephen Powell and Andrew Jackson -- 5. Enforcement and Compliance in the Australian Antarctic Territory: Legal and Policy Dilemmas / Tim Stephens and Ben Boer -- 6. Antarctic Science in a Changing Climate: Challenges and Future Directions for Australia's Antarctic Science and Policy / Rosemary A Sandford
• 7. Emerging Issues of Australian Antarctic Tourism: Legal and Policy Directions / Murray P Johnson and Lorne K Kriwoken -- 8. Net Gain or Net Loss? Australia and Southern Ocean Fishing / Gail L Lugten -- 9. Saving Seabirds / Rob Hall -- 10. The Great Whale Debate: Australia's Agenda on Whaling / Julia Jabour, Mike Iliff and Erik Jaap Molenaar -- 11. Emerging Issues of Australia's Sub-Antarctic Islands: Macquarie Island and Heard Island and McDonald Islands / Lorne K Kriwoken and Nick Holmes -- 12. A Caution on the Benefits of Research: Australia, Antarctica and Climate Change / Aynsley Kellow -- 13. Globalisation's Cold Genius and the Ending of Antarctic Isolation / Alan D Hemmings -- 14. Looking Forward, Looking South: An Enduring Australian Antarctic Interest / Alan D Hemmings, Lorne K Kriwoken and Julia Jabour

ISBN

• 1862876576
• 9781862876576

LCCN

^^2008378050

OCLC

• 171130969
• SCSB-10847546

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library