Antarctic Specially Protected Areas (ASPA): a case study at Rothera Point providing tools and perspectives for the implementation of the ASPA network in the Antarctic Peninsula

• Published in: Biodiversity and Conservation
• Main Authors: Cannone, Nicoletta, Convey, Peter, Malfasi, Francesco
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Springer 2018
• Subjects: Antarctic; The Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Marguerite; Rothera; Marguerite Bay; Adelaide Island; Rothera Point; Rothera Research Station; Léonie; Léonie Island; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/518991/; https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/518991/1/Cannone%20et%20al%202018%20Biodiversity%20%20Conservation%20Rothera%20ASPA.pdf; https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007%2Fs10531-018-1559-1.pdf

Antarctica is considered among the world’s last great wildernesses, but its current network of Antarctic Specially Protected Areas (ASPAs) is inadequate, unrepresentative and at risk, needing urgent expansion due to the vulnerability of Antarctica to increasing threats from climate change and human...