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Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty

treaty [1991]

Also known as: Madrid Protocol

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In Antarctica: The Madrid Protocol
…Madrid in October 1991, the Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty (also known as the Madrid Protocol). It entered into force in 1998 and designated Antarctica “as a natural reserve, devoted to peace and science.”
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Antarctica

In Antarctica
A subsequent treaty, called the Madrid Protocol (adopted in 1991), prohibited mining, required environmental impact assessments for new activities, and designated the continent as a natural reserve.
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