The Convention on the Regulation of Antarctic Mineral Resource Activities (popular as CRAMRA) is an unratified treaty that is part of the
Antarctic Treaty System
The Antarctic Treaty and related agreements, collectively known as the Antarctic Treaty System (ATS), regulate international relations with respect to Antarctica, Earth's only continent without a native human population. It was the first arms ...
. The convention was concluded at
Wellington
Wellington is the capital city of New Zealand. It is located at the south-western tip of the North Island, between Cook Strait and the Remutaka Range. Wellington is the third-largest city in New Zealand (second largest in the North Island ...
on 2 June 1988. The government of New Zealand is the depository of the treaty.
The convention was signed by 19 states, but none have ratified it. Originally intended as "an international mining framework
.. which sought to regulate any possible future resource extraction", the treaty eventually faced backlash by France and Australia and was never ratified.
It established property rights and gave special privileges to seven claimant states – including the UK. Focus later shifted from possible resource extraction to environmental protection, the CRAMPA was shelved and in 1998 the
Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty (Madrid Protocol) came into force. Therefore, the convention never entered into force.
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Signatories and status
mfat.govt.nz.
Antarctica agreements
1988 in Antarctica
Treaties concluded in 1988
Unratified treaties
1988 in New Zealand
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