Brussels, 04/11/2013 (Agence Europe) - Negotiations on the creation of marine sanctuaries in the Antarctic once again ended in failure, in Australia on Friday 1 November, when China and Russia blocked protection of this fragile ecosystem under threat from fishing and navigation.
Meeting in Hobart on the island of Tasmania, the members of the Convention on the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR) went their separate ways with no concrete decisions made. This is the...