Experts meet on need for new rules to govern world’s fragile polar regions

United Nations University
Tokyo
7-Sep-2008

ALeqM5iiQv06Gg5Mig7qYQ6mZYePEkN4FgA new co-ordinated international set of rules to govern commercial and research activities in both of Earth’s polar regions is urgently needed to reflect new environmental realities and to temper pressure building on these highly fragile ecosystems, according to several of the experts convening in Iceland for a UN-affiliated conference marking the International Polar Year.

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