Antarctic Protected Areas ...

• Main Author: Keage, Peter Lawson
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: Apollo - University of Cambridge Repository 1985
• Subjects: Antarctic; The Antarctic; Antarc*
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.17863/cam.39799; https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/292643

The system of protected sites established for Antarctic terrestrial environments by the Antarctic Treaty is examined - protection of sites is one of the measures available to Contracting Parties to the Treaty for the preservation and conservation of the Antarctic Environment. Protected sites are categorised: site designations are described and weaknesses are identified in terms of site selection criteria, land-use planning concepts, site management, and logistic and political pressures. Emphasis is given to practical remedies for these deficiencies which can be implemented under the Antarctic Treaty. Four options for the future operation of protected sites are discussed. These are (a) to maintain the status quo, (b) to revise selectively existing Treaty provisions, (c) to declare a 'World Park', and (d) to introduce a new protected site classification based on the Biosphere Reserve concept. Such options are not mutually exclusive and emphasise the need for Treaty Parties to take a more positive approach to ...