Specially administered area of the Antarctic
An Antarctic Specially Managed Area ( English Antarctic Specially Managed Area - ASMA ) is a protected area within the scope of the Antarctic Treaty south of the 60th southern latitude . According to Appendix V (Protection and Management of Areas) of the Protocol on the Protection of the Environment to the Antarctic Treaty, “any area, including any marine area, in which activities can already be carried out [...] can be designated as a specially managed area of Antarctica so that the planning and coordination of Activities can be supported, potential conflicts avoided, cooperation between contracting parties improved or the environmental impact reduced to a minimum ”. In contrast to specially protected areas (Antarctic Specially Protected Area - ASPA), specially managed areas may be entered without a permit.
Each Contracting Party, the Environment Committee, the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research and the Antarctic Marine Living Resource Commission are entitled to propose areas for designation as ASMAs to the Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting by submitting a management plan. The management plan should contain a precise description of the area (geographical coordinates, boundaries, accesses, etc.) and its values to be protected. Its purpose is to establish a code of conduct for activities in the area.
In 2012 there were seven specially managed areas in Antarctica .
List of specially managed areas in Antarctica
| No. | designation | suggested by, proposed by | Area km² |
Coordinates |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Admiralty Bay , King George Island | Brazil , Poland , Ecuador , Peru and USA | 409.54 | 62 ° 1 ′ 21 ″ S , 58 ° 15 ′ 5 ″ W. |
| 2 | Antarctic dry valleys , southern Victoria Land | New Zealand and USA | 17,945.42 | 77 ° 0 ′ 0 ″ S , 162 ° 0 ′ 0 ″ E |
| 4th | Deception Island | Argentina , Chile , Norway , Spain , UK and USA | 158.56 | 62 ° 57 ′ 0 ″ S , 60 ° 38 ′ 0 ″ W. |
| 5 | Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station , South Pole | United States | 26,286.03 | 90 ° 0 ′ 0 ″ S |
| 6th | Larsemann Hills , East Antarctica | Australia, People's Republic of China , India , Romania and Russia | 252.54 | 69 ° 30 ′ 0 ″ S , 76 ° 19 ′ 58 ″ E |
| 7th | southwestern Anvers Island and Palmer Basin | United States | 3,548.53 | 64 ° 50 ′ 0 ″ S , 64 ° 30 ′ 0 ″ W. |
Former specially managed areas of Antarctica
| No. | designation | suggested by, proposed by | Area km² |
Coordinates | comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | Cape Denison , Commonwealth Bay , George V Land , East Antarctica | Australia | 1.11 | 67 ° 0 ′ 31 ″ S , 142 ° 40 ′ 43 ″ E | The special administration was lifted with effect from August 5, 2014 with the entry into force of a revised management plan for ASPA-162. |
See also
Web links
- Environmental Protocol documents on the Antarctic Treaty Secretariat website (English, Spanish, French, Russian)
- Protected Areas and Historic Sites documents on the Antarctic Treaty Secretariat website (English, Spanish, French, Russian)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Law on the Environmental Protection Protocol of October 4, 1991 to the Antarctic Treaty (PDF; 312 kB) of September 22, 1994, Federal Law Gazette 1994 II p. 2477 ff., Annex V, Article 4 (1)
- ↑ Antarctic Protected Areas Database on the Antarctic Treaty Secretariat website (English, Spanish, French, Russian), accessed November 16, 2019
- ↑ Measure 9 (2014) - ATCM XXXVII - CEP XVII, Brasilia, accessed November 16, 2019