A story of Antarctic co-operation: 25 years of the Council of Managers of National Antarctic Programs / Gillian Wratt.
By: Wratt, G.S [author.].
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WELLINGTON BOOKS | 061.1(99) WRA | 1 | Available | B020179 |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
PREFACE -- FOREWORD by Heinrich Miller, COMNAP Chair -- INTRODUCTION -- Part I: The History of COMNAP -- 1: The Evolution of COMNAP and its Role in the Antarctic Treaty System -- Establishment -- COMNAP and SCAR – Getting the “Federal” Feeling! / David Drewry -- COMNAP in Action -- COMNAP 1988 to 1997 / Alfred Fowler -- Evolution -- COMNAP 2001 to 2007 / Karl Erb and Gerard Jugie -- In the Interest of “All Mankind”: Women in COMNAP / Michelle Rogan-Finnemore -- Contributions to the ATCM and the CEP -- Information Exchange -- 2: Managing Support to Antarctic Science -- Air Operations -- From SCALOP Symposium to COMNAP Symposium / Kazuyuki Shiraishi -- COMNAP – The Guiding Force in Antarctic Co-operation / Rasik Ravindra -- The Antarctic Flight Information Manual (AFIM) / Jack Sayers -- The Dronning Maud Land Air Network (DROMLAN) / Ulf Hedman and Hartwig Gernandt -- Shipping Operations and Hydrography -- Telecommunications -- Meteorology -- Search and Rescue -- Search and Rescue – Towards a Safer Future / Antoine Guichard -- Medicine -- Personnel Recruitment and Training -- Safety -- Field Operations -- Antarctic Station Construction and Operations -- Concordia: A French–Italian Research Station on the Antarctic Plateau / Yves Frenot and Massimo Frezzotti -- The Dirck Gerritsz Laboratory at Rothera Research Station: UK–Netherlands Collaboration / Dick van der Kroef and John Shears -- Chinese Kunlun Station / Qu Tanzhou -- 3: Developing Effective Environmental Practices -- COMNAP and the SCAR Group of Specialists on Environmental Affairs and Conservation (GOSEAC) / David Walton -- The Antarctic Environmental Officers Network: A New Way of Working? / Emma Waterhouse -- AEON in Action: 2006–09 / Rodolfo Sánchez -- Environmental Impact Assessment -- Environmental Monitoring -- Waste Management and Remediation -- A 20 Year COMNAP and SCAR Partnership: Environmental Monitoring in Antarctica / Mahlon C. Kennicutt II -- Contingency Planning and Fuel Management -- Oil Spill Prevention and Response / Jack Sayers -- Alternative Energy and Energy Management -- Ross Island Wind Energy Project: Sustainability Through Collaboration / Lou Sanson and Brian Stone -- Environmental Risks, Incidents and Reporting -- COMNAP and the Environmental Liability Annex / Erick Chiang -- Unintentional Introduction of Non-native Species -- Environmental Training -- Operation of Aircraft Near Concentrations of Birds -- Marine Pollution -- Facing the Next Environmental Challenge -- 4: Supporting Scientific Co-operation as Envisioned by the Antarctic Treaty -- The EPICA Project / Heinrich Miller -- First Meeting with Antarctica as a Symbol of Future Co-operation / Valery Lukin -- Joint Committee on Antarctic Data Management -- The International Polar Year (2007–08) -- COMNAP and the International Polar Year / Anders Karlqvist -- Managing International Science Projects: The Cape Roberts Project and ANDRILL / Gillian Wratt -- Outreach -- Making an Impact: Communications, Public Engagement and Outreach / Linda Capper -- Antarctic Peninsula Advanced Scientific Information System (APASI) -- The Antarctic Peninsula Advanced Science Information System / José Retamales -- 5: Looking to the Future by Michelle Rogan-Finnemore, COMNAP Executive Secretary -- Facilitating Delivery of Antarctic Science -- Contributing to the Antarctic Treaty System -- Engaging Future Generations -- Standards Based on Best Practice -- Conclusion -- Part II: COMNAP Member National Antarctic Programmes contributed by the programmes -- Appendix 1: Abbreviations Used in This Book -- Appendix 2: Record of COMNAP Meetings and Officers -- Appendix 3: COMNAP Working Papers and Information Papers -- Appendix 4: Guidelines and Publications -- Appendix 5: Workshops and Symposiums -- Appendix 6: Subgroups, Working Groups, Co-ordinating Groups, Committees, Projects and Expert Groups -- Appendix 7: Map -- Index.
"Over the past twenty-five years, the Council of Managers of National Antarctic Programs (COMNAP) has grown into an international association of twenty-nine national Antarctic programmes"--Back cover.
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