Press release 15/2015 from 25.04.2015 | Last changed: 23.01.2017
… are due to the retreat of polar ice as a result of climate change, which is also responsible for smaller stocks of krill. Krill are tiny shrimp-like crustaceans … for peaceful purposes "in the interest of all humankind". The Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty entered into force in 1998 and … environment and prohibits commercial mining activities. The Act implementing the Environmental Protocol (AUG) enacts the Protocol into German law and designates the …