Environmental Domains Analysis for the Antarctic continent as a dynamic model for a systematic environmental geographic framework
The Representatives,

Noting that Article 3 of Annex V to the Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty provides a framework for the designation of Antarctic Specially Protected Areas;

Recognising that these Areas must conform to the requirements of Article 3 of Annex V;

Noting also that Article 3(2) of Annex V states that Parties shall seek to identify such areas within a systematic environmental-geographical framework;

Desiring to give practical meaning to the phrase “systematic environmental-geographical framework”;

Recalling Resolution 1 (2000) Guidelines for Implementation of the Framework for Protected Areas;

Recommend that

the “Environmental Domains Analysis for the Antarctic Continent” annexed to this Resolution, be used consistently and in conjunction with other tools agreed within the Antarctic Treaty System as a dynamic model for the identification of areas that could be designated as Antarctic Specially Protected Areas within the systematic environmental-geographical framework referred to in Article 3(2) of Annex V of the Protocol.