I think the treaty system should continue and i think all countries need to do their bit and look after Antarctica as it is very precious and needs protecting as it holds many important resources and if "Global Warming" gets worse the ice could melt and would cause an intense rise in sea levels which would result in the flooding of Low Lying countries.
Antarctica's only sustainable resource is data about the health of planet earth. Currently, the Antarctic Treaty, which dedicates the earth south of 60 degrees S, which includes Antarctica, to science.
Because the treaty prohibits any land claims, commercial ventures, mineral exploration, the data can continue to be built up over time.
No. Tourism is not sustainable in Antarctica, because sustainability implies a cycle. People who tour to Antarctica come on Is_tourism_in_Antarctica_sustainable_and_considerate_of_the_culturally_diverse_needs_of_tourismships, where they sleep and eat. Daily, they leave the cruise ships in zodiacs, to trek upon the continent, and visit penguin colonies, abandoned whaling stations, and other sites.
They spend no money there; there are no native peoples or crafts to benefit from Is_tourism_in_Antarctica_sustainable_and_considerate_of_the_culturally_diverse_needs_of_tourism.
The perfect tourist leaves only footprints, and then only where footprints are allowed.
Sustainability assumes the re-proliferation of a resource. Antarctica's only legal resource is data. Scientists study these data to learn more about the health of planet earth. Scientists work with precision, purpose and are conscientious about their data-gathering programs and processes.
Antarctica is currently sustainable in the sense that the data harvested there about the health of planet earth is ever-refreshing.
Antarctica is dedicated to science, so its sustainable data needs no modification in terms of consumption.
Tourism to Antarctica is already sustainable, because tourists take nothing from the continent and leave nothing there. All Antarctic tours by boat are self-contained on the boats.
Tourism is sustainable, because tourists take out their own garbage and tread lightly on the continent.
No. Tourism is not sustainable in Antarctica, because sustainability implies a cycle. People who tour to Antarctica come on cruise ships, where they sleep and eat. Daily, they leave the cruise ships in zodiacs, to trek upon the continent, and visit penguin colonies, abandoned whaling stations, and other sites. They spend no money there; there are no native peoples or crafts to benefit from tourism. The perfect tourist leaves only footprints, and then only where footprints are allowed.
It could destroy an almost untouched land and there are no hotels or resorts
sustainable or eco tourism
Global Partnership for Sustainable Tourism was created in 2010.
All tourism in Antarctica takes place on the vessels that sail into Antarctic waters. There are no tourist facilities on the continent. Tourism is managed by the tour operators in sustainable ways, because they follow rather strict guidelines for dumping waste at sea, accessing the continent, enforcing zero littering protocols and so forth. Because all that is taken from Antarctica are visible views, there is really nothing in these phenomenon to sustain that doesn't already exist.
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Simplified, it's tourism that could conceptually go on forever, i.e. tourism that doesn't use up any resources at a faster rate that they are replenished.
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No. Tourism can be sustainable.
There are two versions of sustainable tourism. Eco-tourism is similar but is more focussed on environmental impacts and saving the world for future generations. Sustainable tourism is a place, event or tourist attraction that is sustainable in three main areas, it meets the "Triple Bottom Line". To be sustainable, it must be economically, environmentally and socio-culturally sustainable. Not many tourism ideas and places are, but they can meet the Line partially.
Sustainable tourism means going to a place as a tourist, and trying to only make a positive impact on the environment. An example of this could be someone who goes on an alternative spring break, and does a project that will help the land.