Antarctic Specially Protected Area No 175 (High Altitude Geothermal sites of the Ross Sea region): Revised 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
Recommendation XIV-5 (1987), which designated the Summit of Mount Melbourne, Victoria Land as Site of Special Scientific Interest (“SSSI”) No 24, and annexed a Management Plan for the Site;
Resolution 3 (1996) and Measure 2 (2000), which extended the expiry dates for SSSI 24;
Recommendation XVI-8 (1991), which designated Cryptogam Ridge, located within SSSI 24, as Specially Protected Area (“SPA”) No 22, and annexed a Management Plan for the Area;
Recommendation XIII-8 (1985), which designated Tramway Ridge as SSSI 11, and Measures 2 (1995) and 3 (1997), which adopted revised Management Plans for the Site;
Decision 1 (2002), which renamed and renumbered SSSI 24 and SPA 22 as merged ASPA 118 (Summit of Mount Melbourne, Victoria Land), and renamed and renumbered SSSI 11 as ASPA 130;
Measures 2 (2003) and 5 (2008), which adopted revised Management Plans for ASPA 118;
Measure 1 (2002), which adopted a revised Management Plan for ASPA 130;
Measure 13 (2014), which merged ASPAs 118 and 130 as ASPA 175 (High Altitude Geothermal sites of the Ross Sea region), and adopted a Management Plan for the Area;


Recalling that Resolution 3 (1996) was designated as no longer current by Decision 1 (2011);

Recalling that Measure 2 (2000) did not become effective and was withdrawn by Measure 5 (2009);

Recalling that Recommendation XVI-8 (1991) and Measure 2 (1995) did not become effective and were designated as no longer current by Decision 1 (2011);

Recalling that Measure 3 (1997) did not become effective and was withdrawn by Measure 6 (2011);

Noting that the Committee for Environmental Protection (“CEP”) has endorsed a revised Management Plan for ASPA 175;

Desiring to replace the existing Management Plan for ASPA 175 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 175 (High Altitude Geothermal sites of the Ross Sea region), which is annexed to this Measure, be approved; and

2. the Management Plan for Antarctic Specially Protected Area No 175 annexed to Measure 13 (2014) be revoked.