{"id":22784,"date":"2025-02-07T09:20:53","date_gmt":"2025-02-07T08:20:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/npolar.no\/?page_id=22784"},"modified":"2025-10-28T14:42:33","modified_gmt":"2025-10-28T13:42:33","slug":"international-cooperation-in-antarctica","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/npolar.no\/en\/themes\/international-cooperation-in-antarctica\/","title":{"rendered":"International cooperation in Antarctica"},"content":{"rendered":"
The Antarctic Treaty<\/a> is the origin of various other international agreements that \u2013 along with the Treaty itself \u2013 are often referred to as the Antarctic Treaty System. This complex of arrangements includes the Convention for the Conservation of Antarctic Seals, the Convention for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources and the Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty.<\/section>\n<\/div><\/section>\n
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The International Polar Year facilitates scientific cooperation between countries with interests in the polar regions, in both the Arctic and Antarctic. The research promise previously achieved through previous International Polar Years has been of enormous importance in advancing knowledge about, for example, polar ecosystems, climate change, and glacier dynamics.<\/p>\n

It is the government that has given its approval for Norwegian participation in the fifth International Polar Year (IPY), which is scheduled for 2032\u20132033. This is in line with Norway’s management responsibility over Norwegian territory and strategic interest in polar regions.<\/p>\n

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IPY-Norway<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n

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The Antarctic Treaty<\/a> was adopted in 1959 as an overarching international framework for the management of Antarctica and sets out legislative articles for activities in the area south of 60\u00b0S. The essence of the Treaty is that Antarctica is to be used for peaceful purposes only:<\/p>\n