This book contains: all international instruments regulating the protection of the Antarctic environment all relevant Australian legislation regulating the protection of the environment of the Australian Antarctic Territory a commentary on both the inter-national and Australian legal regime dealing with Antarctic environmental protection the impact of the 1991 Madrid Protocol on Environmental Protection upon both the international legal regime and also Australian law the effectiveness of Antarctic environmental protection instruments at Australian and international level a number of other key instruments and documents dealing with Antarctic environmental protection and marine living resource conservation.