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Partnerships

ACAP - Advisory Committee to the agreement on the Conservation of Albatrosses and Petrels


APECS - The Association of Polar Early Career Scientists


ATS - Antarctic Treaty System


CCAMLR - Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources


COMNAP - Council of Managers of National Antarctic Programs


GBIF - Global Biodiversity Information Facility


GLOBEC and SO-GLOBEC - Southern Ocean component Global Ocean Ecosystem Dynamics Programme


IACS - International Association of Cryospheric Sciences


IASC - International Arctic Science Committee


ICED - Integrating Climate and Ecosystem Dynamics in the Southern Ocean Programme


ICSU - International Council for Science


IGOS-P - Integrated Global Observing Strategy Partnership


IPA - International Permafrost Association


IPICS - International Partnerships in Ice Core Sciences (IPICS)


IWC - International Whaling Commission


SCOR - Scientific Committee on Oceanic Research


SCOSTEP - Scientific Committee on Solar Terrestrial Physics


WCRP - World Climate Research Programme


Council of Managers of National Antarctic Programs (COMNAP)

COMNAP is an international organisation to encourage collaboration between Antarctic operating agencies worldwide. COMNAP aims to enhance the conduct of scientific research, operational efficiency, safety and environmental stewardship in Antarctica, and the effectiveness of national Antarctic programs.

COMNAP first met in 1989, and meets annually in the host countries of member agencies. Every second year these meetings coincide with the biennial SCAR meetings; with the new structure of SCAR the COMNAP meeting is associated with the SCAR Open Science Conference. In intervening years the SCAR Executive Committee hold its meetings in parallel with the COMNAP meeting. On both occasions the two Executive bodies meet to exchange views and promote the cooperation between operating agencies and scientists that is vital for the success of scientific endeavours in the Antarctic region.