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
Recommendation XIII-8 (1985), which designated Clark Peninsula, Budd Coast, Wilkes Land as Site of Special Scientific Interest (“SSSI”) No 17 and annexed a Management Plan for the Site;
Resolution 7 (1995), which extended the expiry date of SSSI 17;
Measure 1 (2000), which adopted a revised Management Plan for SSSI 17;
Decision 1 (2002), which renamed and renumbered SSSI 17 as ASPA 136;
Measures 1 (2006), 7 (2009) and 5 (2014), which adopted revised Management Plans for ASPA 136;
Recalling that Recommendation XIII-8 was designated as no longer current by Measure 13 (2014).
Recalling that Resolution 7 (1995) was designated as no longer current by Decision 1 (2011);
Recalling that Measure 1 (2000) did not become effective and was withdrawn by Decision 3 (2017);
Recalling that the Committee for Environmental Protection (“CEP”) XXII (2019) reviewed and continued without changes the Management Plan for ASPA 136, which is annexed to Measure 5 (2014);
Noting that the CEP has endorsed a revised Management Plan for ASPA 136;
Desiring to replace the existing Management Plan for ASPA 136 with the revised Management Plan;
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. the revised Management Plan for Antarctic Specially Protected Area No 136 (Clark Peninsula, Budd Coast, Wilkes Land, East Antarctica), which is annexed to this Measure, be approved; and
2. the Management Plan for Antarctic Specially Protected Area No 136 annexed to Measure 5 (2014) be revoked.