Secretariat of the Antarctic Treaty

Forty-sixth Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting - Twenty-sixth Meeting of the Committee for Environmental Protection

Kochi, India
20 May 2024 - 30 May 2024

The 46th Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting (ATCM 46) and the 26th Committee for Environmental Protection (CEP 26) Meeting took place from 20 to 30 May 2024 in Kochi, Kerala, India. The meetings included 328 delegates who participated in person and another 76 virtual attendees. The ATCM encouraged efforts to increase the use of renewable energy, and to ensure robust implementation of biosecurity measures to minimise the risks of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI). Parties also decided to develop a comprehensive and consistent framework for the regulation of Antarctic tourism and other non-governmental activities. Parties also discussed consultative status requests from Canada and Belarus, but did not reach consensus. During its meeting, from 20 to 24 May, the Committee for Environmental Protection agreed to prioritise further work on advancing guidance on cumulative impact assessment; the management implications of sea ice change; enhancing the environmental impact assessment process; protecting the emperor penguin; and developing an international framework for environmental monitoring in Antarctica. Following the advice of the CEP, the Parties adopted 17 revised and new management plans for Antarctic Specially Protected Areas (ASPAs), a new historic site commemorating the first visit to the Lake Untersee area, and updated information about other four historic sites.

Final Report

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Том I
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Measures, Decisions and Resolutions

  • Number

    Title

  • M1

    Antarctic Specially Protected Area No 116 (New College Valley, Caughley Beach, Cape Bird, Ross Island): Revised Management Plan

  • M2

    Antarctic Specially Protected Area No 128 (Western shore of Admiralty Bay, King George Island, South Shetland Islands): Revised Management Plan

  • M3

    Antarctic Specially Protected Area No 135 (North-east Bailey Peninsula, Budd Coast, Wilkes Land): Revised Management Plan

  • M4

    Antarctic Specially Protected Area No 136 (Clark Peninsula, Budd Coast, Wilkes Land, East Antarctica): Revised Management Plan

  • M5

    Antarctic Specially Protected Area No 137 (Northwest White Island, McMurdo Sound): Revised Management Plan

  • M6

    Antarctic Specially Protected Area No 141 (Yukidori Valley, Langhovde, Lützow-Holm Bay): Revised Management Plan

  • M7

    Antarctic Specially Protected Area No 142 (Svarthamaren): Revised Management Plan

  • M8

    Antarctic Specially Protected Area No 151 (Lions Rump, King George Island, South Shetland Islands): Revised Management Plan

  • M9

    Antarctic Specially Protected Area No 154 (Botany Bay, Cape Geology, Victoria Land): Revised Management Plan

  • M10

    Antarctic Specially Protected Area No 160 (Frazier Islands, Windmill Islands, Wilkes Land, East Antarctica): Revised Management Plan

  • M11

    Antarctic Specially Protected Area No 161 (Terra Nova Bay, Ross Sea): Revised Management Plan

  • M12

    Antarctic Specially Protected Area No 171 (Narębski Point, Barton Peninsula, King George Island): Revised Management Plan

  • M13

    Antarctic Specially Protected Area No 173 (Cape Washington and Silverfish Bay, Terra Nova Bay, Ross Sea): Revised Management Plan

  • M14

    Antarctic Specially Protected Area No 175 (High Altitude Geothermal sites of the Ross Sea region): Revised Management Plan

  • M15

    Antarctic Specially Protected Area No 180 (Danger Islands Archipelago, North-eastern Antarctic Peninsula): Management Plan

  • M16

    Antarctic Specially Protected Area No 181 (Farrier Col, Horseshoe Island, Marguerite Bay): Management Plan

  • M17

    Antarctic Specially Protected Area No 182 (Western Bransfield Strait and Eastern Dallmann Bay): Management Plan

  • M18

    Revised List of Antarctic Historic Sites and Monuments: new Historic Sites and Monuments No 96 and updating information for Historic Sites and Monuments No 93, 63, 75, and 24

  • D1

    Notification by the Consultative Parties regarding the list of observers under Article VII of the Antarctic Treaty and Article 14 of the Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty through the Secretariat of the Antarctic Treaty

  • D2

    Revised Rules of Procedure for the Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting

  • D3

    Secretariat Report, Programme and Budget

  • D4

    Multi-year Strategic Work Plan for the Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting

  • D5

    Development of a Framework for the Regulation of Tourism and Other Non-Governmental Activities in Antarctica

  • R1

    Revised Guide to the Preparation of Management Plans for Antarctic Specially Protected Areas

  • R2

    General Guidelines for Visitors to the Antarctic

1 M1, M2, M3…: Measures
D1, D2, D3…:Decisions
R1, R2, R3…:Resolutions