2016年1月28日 · Areas of outstanding environmental, scientific, historic, or aesthetic value – also in respect of Antarctica’s nativeness – can be declared Antarctic Specially Protected Areas (ASPA). There are also areas in which there is already some activity, for example where several scientific stations are located at relatively close distance to one another.

2020年10月19日 · A coalition of conservation groups is advocating for the establishment of three new marine protected areas (MPAs) in East Antarctica, the Antarctic Peninsula and the Weddell Sea, which would encompass 4 million square kilometers (1.5 million square miles) of the Southern Ocean, or 1% of the global ocean.

Annex V to the Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty (the Protocol) establishes a framework for designating Antarctic Specially Protected Areas (ASPAs) and Antarctic Specially Managed Areas (ASMAs). These areas are intended to support the objective of protecting comprehensively the Antarctic environment.

2024年5月29日 · Kochi: The Committee for Environmental Protection (CEP) that advises the Antarctica Treaty Consultative Meeting (ATCM) on conservation and protection of environment in the continent, recommends adding 17 more areas to the special protected zones of Antarctica. Currently, there are 79 Antarctic Specially Protected Areas (ASPA) in the continent.

April 30th, 2021: The Antarctic and Southern Ocean Coalition (ASOC) welcomed the announcement of a new joint strategy to achieve the designation of three new large scale marine protected areas (MPAs) in the Antarctic, taking us one step closer to securing the largest single act of ocean protection in history.

2022年11月20日 · The treaty’s decision to limit access to 13 special scientific zones and three environmental areas, which represents a 75 percent increase in such restricted areas, is part of a continuing process to identify fragile regions before they are harmed, delegates said.

2022年1月20日 · Three Major Fishing Areas are introduced in the waters under the jurisdiction of the Convention on the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CAMLR Convention): Area 48 (Atlantic, Antarctic), Area 58 (the Antarctic and Southern Indian Ocean), and Area 88 (Pacific, Antarctic).

2024年3月14日 · These new no-fishing zones were established to protect krill-dependent marine wildlife, including baleen whales and penguins, while also considering the fisheries operating in the area, which target krill and other species.

2023年6月24日 · Members of the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR) met to discuss plans for three new marine protected areas (MPAs): in East Antarctica, the...

An Antarctic Protected Area is an area protected under the Antarctic Treaty System. [1] There are three types of Protected Areas under this system: Antarctic Specially Protected Area (ASPA) under the Agreed Measures for the Conservation of Antarctic Fauna and Flora (1964 onwards) and Annex V to the Environment Protocol (2002)