The number of Antarctic species that are protected under an international agreement.

• Other Authors: HULL, BRUCE (hasPrincipalInvestigator), WOEHLER, ERIC (processor), Australian Antarctic Data Centre (publisher)
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: Australian Antarctic Data Centre
• Subjects: biota; BIRDS; EARTH SCIENCE; BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION; ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES; MAMMALS; ENDANGERED SPECIES; BIOSPHERE; ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS; SPECIES/POPULATION INTERACTIONS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; CONSERVATION STATUS; FISH; MARINE MAMMALS; PLANTS; ENDANGERED; SEABIRDS; THREATENED; VULNERABLE; NOT APPLICABLE; OCEAN > SOUTHERN OCEAN; CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA; GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR; Antarctic; Southern Ocean; The Antarctic; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://researchdata.ands.org.au/number-antarctic-species-international-agreement/701718; https://doi.org/10.26179/5d2d4b62908fd; https://data.aad.gov.au/metadata/records/SOE_Conservation_status; http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-617536

This indicator is no longer maintained, and is considered OBSOLETE. INDICATOR DEFINITION The number of Antarctic species that are protected under an international agreement. TYPE OF INDICATOR There are three types of indicators used in this report: 1.Describes the CONDITION of important elements of a system; 2.Show the extent of the major PRESSURES exerted on a system; 3.Determine RESPONSES to either condition or changes in the condition of a system. This indicator is one of: RESPONSE RATIONALE FOR INDICATOR SELECTION As a response-type indicator, the number of species under some type of protection scheme reflects the level of management associated with protecting the Antarctic environment. It may also reflect the number of Antarctic species that require heightened protection (see Analysis). DESIGN AND STRATEGY FOR INDICATOR MONITORING PROGRAM Spatial scale: Antarctica and Southern Ocean including sub-Antarctic Islands. Frequency: Each of the international conventions or protocols relating to the protection of species is searched annually for those species that could be classed in any way Antarctic. Measurement technique: The species and the convention or protocol is noted and added to the indicator database. An inclusive definition of the Antarctic is used. This definition does not correspond to the Antarctic Treaty area sensu stricto, CCAMLR zone or for example Antarctic Convergence. Once the search has been completed and the data entered into the database, an automatic report produces a single figure - the indicator. LINKS TO OTHER INDICATORS DATA DESCRIPTION The data describes the conservation status accorded to most Southern Ocean species by various international (and some Australian) treaties, protocols and agreements. Links to conservation bodies and agencies (eg IUCN, BLI) are given with the database, as are the texts justifying the conservation status accorded each species.