Antarctic Conservation Biogeographic Regions
The Representatives,
Recalling Article 3 of Annex V to the Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty (the Protocol) which provides for the designation of Antarctic Specially Protected Areas;
Recalling further that Article 3(2) of Annex V states that Parties shall seek to identify such areas within a systematic environmental-geographic framework;
Recalling also that Resolution 3 (2008) recommended that the ‘Environmental Domains Analysis of the Antarctic Continent’ annexed to that 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;
Welcoming the classification of the ice-free areas of the Antarctic continent and close lying islands within the Antarctic Treaty area into 15 biologically distinct Antarctic Conservation Biogeographic Regions, based on analyses of spatially explicit biodiversity data available from the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) Biodiversity Database;
Recommend that:
the Antarctic Conservation Biogeographic Regions annexed to this Resolution be used in conjunction with the Environmental Domains Analysis and other tools agreed within the Antarctic Treaty system to support activities relevant to the interests of the Parties, including as a dynamic model for the identification of areas that could be designated as Antarctic Specially Protected Areas within the systematic environmental-geographic framework referred to in Article 3(2) of Annex V to the Environmental Protocol.
The Representatives,
Recalling Article 3 of Annex V to the Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty (the Protocol) which provides for the designation of Antarctic Specially Protected Areas;
Recalling further that Article 3(2) of Annex V states that Parties shall seek to identify such areas within a systematic environmental-geographic framework;
Recalling also that Resolution 3 (2008) recommended that the ‘Environmental Domains Analysis of the Antarctic Continent’ annexed to that 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;
Welcoming the classification of the ice-free areas of the Antarctic continent and close lying islands within the Antarctic Treaty area into 15 biologically distinct Antarctic Conservation Biogeographic Regions, based on analyses of spatially explicit biodiversity data available from the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) Biodiversity Database;
Recommend that:
the Antarctic Conservation Biogeographic Regions annexed to this Resolution be used in conjunction with the Environmental Domains Analysis and other tools agreed within the Antarctic Treaty system to support activities relevant to the interests of the Parties, including as a dynamic model for the identification of areas that could be designated as Antarctic Specially Protected Areas within the systematic environmental-geographic framework referred to in Article 3(2) of Annex V to the Environmental Protocol.
