Getting to the heart of the Antarctic negotiations
Camille Lin
The 46th Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting has come to a close in Kochi, India. Negotiations focused, among other things, on the regulation of scientific and tourist activities, at a time of new questions raised by the emergence of the avian flu epidemic. The press and media were not allowed to attend, a fact that has been criticised on several occasions. We felt it was important to understand why these annual meetings maintain this limited degree of transparency.
