A coalition of environmental groups is calling on participants to a Australian conference on Antarctica to designate the continent as a world science park. The French and Australian governments are now against the accord, saying that no international agreement that would endorse even strictly regulated exploitation of Antarctic mineral resources could be acceptable to either government. The environmentalists claim that Antarctica is being marred by air pollution, tourist ships, threatened by mining and damaged by More than 76 scientific projects now underway on the continent. Tucker Scully , lead U.S. negotiator for Antarctic issues, disagreed with the hands-off approach to the continent, calling it sticking one's head in the sand. There is speculation that the Convention on the Regulation of Antarctic Mineral Resources Activities may urge President Tucker Scully to veto pending congressional legislation calling for the preservation of Antarctica
A coalition of environmental groups is calling on participants to a Australian conference on Antarctica to designate the continent as a world science park. The environmentalists claim that Antarctica is being marred by air pollution, tourist ships, threatened by mining and damaged by More than 76 scientific projects now underway on the continent. Tucker Scully , lead U.S. negotiator for Antarctic issues, disagreed with the hands-off approach to the continent, calling it sticking one's head in the sand. There is speculation that the Convention on the Regulation of Antarctic Mineral Resources Activities may urge President Tucker Scully to veto pending congressional legislation calling for the preservation of Antarctica