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SCAR Bulletin No 136, January 2000

Resolution 2 (1999)

List of Specially Protected Species: Annex II to the Environmental Protocol

The Representatives,

Noting that the provisions of Article 8 of the Annex II to the Environmental Protocol require that the Consultative Parties keep under continuing review measures for the conservation of Antarctic fauna and flora, taking into account any recommendations from the Committee for Environmental Protection;

Aware that there has been no review of the list of Specially Protected Species in Appendix A to Annex II since the list was originally adopted by the consultative Parties in the 1964 Agreed Measures (Recommendation III-8);

Aware also that consideration needs to be given to including other species of fauna and flora on the list of Specially Protected Species as appropriate;

Recommend that:

  1. SCAR be requested, in consultation with Consultative Parties, CCAMLR and other expert bodies as appropriate, to review the list of Specially Protected Species referred to in Article 3(4) of Annex II and listed in Appendix A to the Environmental Protocol.
  2. The following Terms of Reference should be used by SCAR:

    i) Examine the status of those species which:

    • are native to the Antarctic Treaty Area or occur there seasonally through natural migration; and
    • whose status might be of concern.

    ii) With the assistance of IUCN, use the information contained in the IUCN Red iii) Lists to help determine the conservation status of native Antarctic fauna and flora;

    iii) Provide expert scientific advise to the Committee on Environmental Protection as to which species should remain, or be designated as Specially Protected Species.

  3. The review should be completed by 2001, and submitted to the Committee for Environmental Protection for discussion at its next meeting thereafter.