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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/89b9aa1a-582d-45ed-987c-6d6b90e4e9ed/E2D58CC1-E2B0-41DE-A68B-D4BA603BE9FE/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2008/04/25/2226878.htm?site=science&topic=latest" href="http://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2008/04/25/2226878.htm?site=science&topic=latest" style="font-size: 11px;">www.abc.net.au</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2008/04/25/2226878.htm?site=science&topic=latest">Anna Salleh</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2008/04/25/2226878.htm?site=science&topic=latest"><P class="first"><SPAN class="slug">News analysis</SPAN> Australia has become the first country to be granted exclusive property rights in Antarctica, say experts, raising questions about how bioprospecting will be managed in this sensitive and disputed territory.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2008/04/25/2226878.htm?site=science&topic=latest"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.abc.net.au/img/896D54C2-A136-456E-8F84-0D95462385EA" alt="Antarctica" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2008/04/25/2226878.htm?site=science&topic=latest">Antarctica is home to organisms that researchers want to exploit for novel genes and chemicals. But Australia's newly granted rights to part of the region raise legal, diplomatic and environmental questions </blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2008/04/25/2226878.htm?site=science&topic=latest"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.abc.net.au/img/BB9D0A90-C897-4B69-85CE-506C491E27C2" alt="Australia's approved claim for an extended continental shelf included the Kerguelen Plateau around Heard and McDonald Islands (purple area), which extends southwards, below 60 degrees south, into Antarctica. The green area represents Australia's existing territories, some of which are disputed (Commonwealth of Australia/Geoscience Australia)" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2008/04/25/2226878.htm?site=science&topic=latest">Australia's approved claim for an extended continental shelf included the Kerguelen Plateau around Heard and McDonald Islands (purple area), which extends southwards, below 60 degrees south, into Antarctica. The green area represents Australia's existing territories, some of which are disputed</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2008/04/25/2226878.htm?site=science&topic=latest">"This is the first property rights allocation for the area south of 60° south and it will be contentious but it has been sanctioned by the United Nations," says Antarctic law expert Dr Julia Jabour of <A target="_blank" href="http://www.acecrc.org.au/">Antarctic Climate and Ecosystems Cooperative Research Centre</A></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;"> </td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/E2D58CC1-E2B0-41DE-A68B-D4BA603BE9FE/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>
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