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SCAR Bulletin 151, October 2003

Twenty-fifth Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting
Warsaw, Poland, 10–20 September 2002

Decisions, Resolutions and Measures

MEASURE 1 (2002)

Antarctic Protected Area System: Management Plans for Antarctic Specially Protected Areas
The Representatives,
Recalling Resolution 1 (1998) allocating responsibility among Consultative Parties for the revision of Management Plans for Protected areas;
Noting that the draft Management Plans appended to this Measure have been endorsed by the Committee for Environmental Protection and the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR);
Recognizing that these Areas support outstanding natural features and biota of scientific interest;
Recommend to their Governments the following Measure for approval in accordance with paragraph 1 of Article 6 of Annex V to the Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty:
That the Management Plans for the following sites:

and which are annexed to this Measure, be adopted.

That the management plan for Cape Royds, Ross Island (ASPA No 121) be approved by the ATCM subject to the agreement by the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources.
Note: The Management Plan for Antarctic Specially Protected Area No 106 was reproduced in SCAR Bulletin No 148 (January 2003) and the Management Plan for Antarctic Specially Protected Area Nos 107, 108, 117, 121, 123, 124 and 126 were reproduced in SCAR Bulletin No 150 (July 2003). Summaries of the Management Plans for Antarctic Specially Protected Areas, nos 130, 137, 147, 148 and 157 are reproduced here.
The full Management Plans may be found on the CEP website at:
www.cep.aq/default.asp?casid=5132