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Global commons are the resources which are not owned by anyone country but rather owned by international community. For example, earth?s atmosphere, Antartica, the ocean floor and the outer space. They are also called res communis humanitatis.
It is difficult to achieve consensus on common environmental agenda. There have been significant agreements such as Antartic treaty (1959), Montreal protocol (1987) and Antartic Environmental Protocol (1991). History of outer space as a global commons shows that the management of these areas is influenced by North South inequalities. The benefits of exploitative activities in outer space are far from being equal either for the present or the future.
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