Secretariat of the Antarctic Treaty

Thirty-seventh Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting - Seventeenth Committee on Environmental Protection Meeting

Brasilia, Brazil
28 Apr 2014 - 7 May 2014

The 37th Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting and the 17th Meeting of the Committee on Environmental Protection were held in Brasilia, Brazil, from 28 April to 7 May 2014. The Antarctic Treaty was signed in Washington on 1 December 1959. It entered into force in 1961. The total number of Parties to the Treaty is now 50. The Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty was signed in Madrid on 4 October 1991 and entered into force in 1998. The Protocol was ratified by 35 Parties. 325 Delegates from 41 countries and from nine observer and expert organizations discussed a comprehensive agenda.

Final Report

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Том I
Том II

Measures, Decisions and Resolutions

  • Number

    Title

  • M1

    Antarctic Specially Protected Area No 113 (Litchfield Island, Arthur Harbor, Anvers Island, Palmer Archipelago): Revised Management Plan

  • M2

    Antarctic Specially Protected Area No 121 (Cape Royds, Ross Island): Revised Management Plan

  • M3

    Antarctic Specially Protected Area No 124 (Cape Crozier, Ross Island): Revised Management Plan

  • M4

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

  • M5

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

  • M6

    Antarctic Specially Protected Area No 139 (Biscoe Point, Anvers Island, Palmer Archipelago): Revised Management Plan

  • M7

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

  • M8

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

  • M9

    Antarctic Specially Protected Area No 162 (Mawson’s Huts, Cape Denison, Commonwealth Bay, George V Land, East Antarctica): Revised Management Plan

  • M10

    Antarctic Specially Protected Area No 169 (Amanda Bay, Ingrid Christensen Coast, Princess Elizabeth Land, East Antarctica): Revised Management Plan

  • M11

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

  • M12

    Antarctic Specially Protected Area No 174 (Stornes, Larsemann Hills, Princess Elizabeth Land): Management Plan

  • M13

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

  • M14

    Antarctic Specially Managed Area No 1 (Admiralty Bay, King George Island): Revised Management Plan

  • M15

    Antarctic Specially Managed Area No 6 (Larsemann Hills, East Antarctica): Revised Management Plan

  • M16

    Antarctic Specially Protected Area No 114 (Northern Coronation Island, South Orkney Islands): Revoked Management Plan

  • D1

    Measures on Operational Matters designated as no longer current

  • D2

    Secretariat Report, Programme and Budget

  • D3

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

  • R1

    Fuel Storage and Handling

  • R2

    Cooperation, Facilitation, and Exchange of Meteorological and Related Oceanographic and Cryospheric Environmental Information

  • R3

    Supporting the Polar Code

  • R4

    Site Guidelines for visitors

  • R5

    Strengthening Cooperation in Hydrographic Surveying and Charting of Antarctic Waters

  • R6

    Toward a Risk-based Assessment of Tourism and Non-governmental Activities

  • R7

    Entering into force of Measure 4 (2004)

  • C1

    Procedure for election of CEP Officers

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