Amid record melting, countries fail again to protect Antarctic waters

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Amid record melting, countries fail again to protect Antarctic waters
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Uniworld Boutique River Cruises unveils what’s new for 2024The Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources , the intergovernmental body charged with protecting marine life and managing fisheries in the Southern Ocean, met from Oct. 16-27 in Hobart, Australia, with 26 member countries and the European Union participating.

The stalemate came even as a new threat to wildlife emerged in the region: the discovery last week that a virulent form of avian flu had reached Antarctic bird colonies. “There is no doubt that CCAMLR meetings have been rather sterile for several years now,” Orazio Guanciale, a diplomat and representative of the Italian delegation at the Hobart meeting, told Mongabay. “There has been no development on marine protected areas, and nothing was expected. It is a topic that unfortunately is dormant for the moment.”, said she was “definitely disappointed” in the CCAMLR’s lack of response to the climate crisis affecting the region.

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