Antarctic Specially Protected Area No 172 (Lower Taylor Glacier and Blood Falls,Taylor Valley, McMurdo Dry Valleys, Victoria Land): Management Plan

The Representatives,

Recalling Articles 3, 5 and 6 of Annex V to the Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty providing for the designation of Antarctic Specially Protected Areas (“ASPA”) and approval of Management Plans for those Areas;

Recalling Measure 1 (2004), which designated McMurdo Dry Valleys, Southern Victoria Land as Antarctic Specially Managed Area (“ASMA”) No 2 and annexed a Management Plan for the Area;
Noting that the Committee for Environmental Protection has endorsed a Proposal for a new ASPA at Lower Taylor Glacier and Blood Falls, Taylor Valley, McMurdo Dry Valleys, Victoria Land, lying within ASMA 2, and endorsed the Management Plan annexed to this Measure;

Recognising that this area supports outstanding environmental, scientific, historic, aesthetic or wilderness values, or ongoing or planned scientific research, and would benefit from special protection;

Desiring to designate Lower Taylor Glacier and Blood Falls, Taylor Valley, McMurdo Dry Valleys, Victoria Land as an ASPA and to approve the Management Plan for this Area;

Recommend to their Governments the following Measure for approval in accordance with paragraph 1 of Article 6 of Annex V to the Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty:

That:
1. Lower Taylor Glacier and Blood Falls, Taylor Valley, McMurdo Dry Valleys, Victoria Land be designated as Antarctic Specially Protected Area No 172; and

2. the Management Plan, which is annexed to this Measure, be approved.