Keywords
Antarctic bioprospection
theoretical discussion on the regulation of Antarctic bioprospection
emerging institutionality for the regulation of Antarctic bioprospection
How to Cite
Abstract
Antarctic bioprospection is an activity that becomes more and more important with each passing day due to its geopolitical implications. Also, because should it be successful, it could generate massive profits for those performing it. In this context, the purpose of this article is to make a review of how the legal regulation of the Antarctic bioprospection has been performed and also about the beginning of a certain emerging institutionality for its regulation. The methodology used is based on a document review of the main academic proposals and the documents of the Antarctic Treaty System (ATS), as well as of the databases that record the antarctic bioprospection activities. From the review performed we conclude that certain proposals to regulate Antarctic bioprospection have been accepted in some measure and have been implemented by entities related to the ATS, but not fully part of it, which creates a sui generis institutionality. This implies that the ATS as such still has to fully address the issues related to this topic.This journal is registered under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License. Thus, this work may be reproduced, distributed, and publicly shared in digital format, as long as the names of the authors and Pontificia Universidad Javeriana are acknowledged. Others are allowed to quote, adapt, transform, auto-archive, republish, and create based on this material, for any purpose (even commercial ones), provided the authorship is duly acknowledged, a link to the original work is provided, and it is specified if changes have been made. Pontificia Universidad Javeriana does not hold the rights of published works and the authors are solely responsible for the contents of their works; they keep the moral, intellectual, privacy, and publicity rights.
Approving the intervention of the work (review, copy-editing, translation, layout) and the following outreach, are granted through an use license and not through an assignment of rights. This means the journal and Pontificia Universidad Javeriana cannot be held responsible for any ethical malpractice by the authors. As a consequence of the protection granted by the use license, the journal is not required to publish recantations or modify information already published, unless the errata stems from the editorial management process. Publishing contents in this journal does not generate royalties for contributors.