CADIC   02618
CENTRO AUSTRAL DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTIFICAS
Unidad Ejecutora - UE
congresos y reuniones científicas
Título:
Science, Politics and the Environment: Argentina and Chile in the Antarctic marine conservation
Autor/es:
LORENZO, CRISTIAN
Reunión:
Congreso; ANTARCTIC CONNECTIONS AT THE END OF THE WORLD: UNDERSTANDING THE PAST AND SHAPING THE FUTURE; 2019
Resumen:
It may be considered acommonplace to assert that science should be independent from politics. Thechallenge is to place in context the interaction between science and politics.This paper explores what happens within the Antarctic Treaty System. In doingso, this paper examines the relationships between Antarctic Science andpolitics withingthe Commission for the Conservation of Marine Living Resources,also known as CCAMLR. In particular, it focuses on the working agenda on MarineProtected Areas, also called MPAs. In 2009, the CCAMLR designated theestabishment of a MPA in South Orkney Islands Southern Shelf, which had beensubmitted by the United Kingdom. After several discussions, the CCAMLRdesignated a MPA in the Ross Sea in 2016, based on a proposal submitted by NewZealand and the United States. Considering the on-going debate on MPAs, specialattention will be given to the proposal submitted by Argentina and Chile, whichrefers to the designation of a MPA in the Antarctic Peninsula and South ScotiaArc region. This paper contributes to the understanding of the interactionsbetween Science and policy within the Antarctic Treaty System.