The Antarctic Treaty Measures adopted at the Thirty-third Consultative Meeting held at Punta del Este, Uruguay, 3 May – 14 May 2010 Presented to Parliament by the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs by Command of Her Majesty October 2011 Cm 8197 £33.00 The Antarctic Treaty Measures adopted at the Thirty-third Consultative Meeting held at Punta del Este, Uruguay, 3 May – 14 May 2010 Presented to Parliament by the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs by Command of Her Majesty October 2011 Cm 8197 £33.00 © Crown copyright 2011 You may re-use this information (excluding logos) free of charge in any format or medium, under the terms of the Open Government Licence. To view this licence, visit http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/ or e-mail: [email protected]. Where we have identified any third party copyright information you will need to obtain permission from the copyright holders concerned. Any enquiries regarding this publication should be sent to us at Treaty Section, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, King Charles Street, London, SW1A 2AH This publication is available for download at www.official-documents.gov.uk ISBN: 9780101819725 Printed in the UK by The Stationery Office Limited on behalf of the Controller of Her Majesty’s Stationery Office ID: 2456607 10/11 15235 19585 Printed on paper containing 30% recycled fibre content minimum. MEASURES ADOPTED AT THE THIRTY-THIRD ANTARCTIC TREATY CONSULTATIVE MEETING Punta del Este, Uruguay, 3–14 May 2010 The Measures1 adopted at the Thirty-third Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting are reproduced below from the Final Report of the Meeting. In accordance with Article IX, paragraph 4, of the Antarctic Treaty, the Measures adopted at Consultative Meetings become effective upon approval by all Contracting Parties whose representatives were entitled to participate in the meeting at which they were adopted (i.e. all the Consultative Parties). The full text of the Final Report of the Meeting, including the Decisions and Resolutions adopted at that Meeting and colour copies of the maps found in this command paper, is available on the website of the Antarctic Treaty Secretariat at www.ats.aq/documents /ATCM33/fr/ATCM33_fr001_e.pdf. The approval procedures set out in Article 6 (1) of Annex V to the Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty2 apply to Measures I to 14 (2010). The approval procedures set out in Article 8 of Annex V to the Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty apply to Measure 15 (2010). 1 As defined in Decision 1 (1995), published in Miscellaneous No. 28 (1996) Cm 3483 2 Treaty Series No. 15 (2006) Cm 6855 The texts of the Antarctic Treaty together with the texts of the Recommendations of the first three Consultative Meetings (Canberra 1961, Buenos Aires 1962 and Brussels 1964) have been published in Treaty Series No. 97 (1961) Cmnd. 1535 and Miscellaneous No. 23 (1965) Cmnd. 2822. The text of the Environmental Protocol to the Antarctic Treaty has been published in Treaty Series No. 6 (1999) Cm 4256. The text of Annex V to the Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty has been published in Treaty Series No. 15 (2006) Cm 6855. The Recommendations of the Fourth to Eighteenth Consultative Meetings, the Reports of the First to Sixth Special Consultative Meetings and the Measures adopted at the Nineteenth and the Measures adopted at the Twenty-sixth, Twenty-seventh, Twenty-eighth, Twenty-ninth, Thirtieth, Thirty-first and Thirty-second Consultative Meetings were also published as Command Papers. No Command Papers were published for the Twentieth to Twenty-fifth Consultative Meetings. 3 No. Measures Page (2010) Antarctic Specially Protected Area No 101 (Taylor Rookery, 1 Mac.Robertson Land): Revised Management Plan 6 Antarctic Specially Protected Area No 102 (Rookery Islands, Holme Bay, 2 Mac.Robertson Land): Revised Management Plan 23 Antarctic Specially Protected Area No 103 (Ardery Island and Odbert 3 Island, Budd Coast, Wilkes Land): Revised Management Plan 40 Antarctic Specially Protected Area No 105 (Beaufort Island, McMurdo 4 Sound, Ross Sea): Revised Management Plan 61 Antarctic Specially Protected Area No 106 (Cape Hallett, Northern 5 Victoria Land, Ross Sea): Revised Management Plan 76 Antarctic Specially Protected Area No 119 (Davis Valley and Forlidas 6 Pond, Dufek Massif, Pensacola Mountains): Revised Management Plan 99 Antarctic Specially Protected Area No 139 (Biscoe Point, Anvers Island, 7 Palmer Archipelago): Revised Management Plan 126 Antarctic Specially Protected Area No 155 (Cape Evans, Ross Island): 8 Revised Management Plan 149 Antarctic Specially Protected Area No 157 (Backdoor Bay, Cape Royds, 9 Ross Island): Revised Management Plan 161 Antarctic Specially Protected Area No 158 (Hut Point, 10 Ross Island): Revised Management Plan 174 Antarctic Specially Protected Area No 159 (Cape Adare, Borchgrevink 11 Coast): Revised Management Plan 185 Antarctic Specially Protected Area No 163 (Dakshin Gangotri Glacier, 12 Dronning Maud Land): Revised Management Plan 198 Antarctic Specially Protected Area No 164 (Scullin and Murray Monoliths, Mac.Robertson Land): Revised Management Plan 13 214 Antarctic Specially Managed Area No 7 (Southwest Anvers Island and 14 Palmer Basin): Revised Management Plan 234 Antarctic Historic Sites and Monuments: Plaque Commemorating the 15 276 PM-3A Nuclear Power Plant at McMurdo Station 4 Note: The above page numbers have been produced for this command paper and do not correspond to the page numbering used on the original Final Report of the meeting. ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS ACAP Agreement on the Conservation of Albatrosses and Petrels ASOC Antarctic and Southern Ocean Coalition ASMA Antarctic Specially Managed Area ASPA Antarctic Specially Protected Area ATS Antarctic Treaty System or Antarctic Treaty Secretariat ATCM Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting ATCP Antarctic Treaty Consultative Party CAML Census of Antarctic Marine Life CCAMLR Convention on the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources and/or Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources CCAS Convention for the Conservation of Antarctic Seals CEE Comprehensive Environmental Evaluation CEP Committee for Environmental Protection COMNAP Council of Managers of National Antarctic Programmes EIA Environmental Impact Assessment HCA Hydrographic Committee on Antarctica HSM Historic Site and Monument IAATO International Association of Antarctica Tour Operators ICG Intersessional Contact Group ICSU International Council for Science IEE Initial Environmental Evaluation IHO International Hydrographic Organization IMO International Maritime Organization IOC Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission IP Information Paper IPCC Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change IPY International Polar Year IPY-IPO IPY Programme Office IUCN International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources RFMO Regional Fishery Management Organisation SATCM Special Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting SCAR Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research SCALOP Standing Committee for Antarctic Logistics and Operations SC-CAMLR Scientific Committee of CCAMLR SP Secretariat Paper SPA Specially Protected Area UNEP United Nations Environment Programme UNFCCC United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change WG Working Group WMO World Meteorological Organization WP Working Paper WTO World Tourism Organization 5 ASPA 101 - Taylor Rookery Antarctic Specially Protected Area No. 101 (Taylor Rookery, Mac.Robertson Land): Revised Management Plan The Representatives, Recalling Articles 3, 5 and 6 of Annex V to the Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty, providing for the designation of Antarctic Specially Protected Areas (“ASPA”) and the approval of Management Plans for those Areas; Recalling - Recommendation IV-I (1966), which designated Taylor Rookery, Mac.Robertson Land as Specially Protected Area (“SPA”) No. 1; - Recommendation XVII-2 (1992), which adopted a Management Plan for the Area; - Decision 1 (2002), which renamed and renumbered SPA 1 as ASPA 101; - Measure 2 (2005), which adopted a revised Management Plan for ASPA 101; Recalling that Recommendation XVII-2 (1992) has not become effective, that the Management Plan for ASPA 101 attached to it was withdrawn by Measure 2 (2005) and that the other Management Plans attached to it (in respect of ASPA 102, 103 and 116) have also already been withdrawn (by Measure 2 (2005) and Measure 1 (2006)); Noting that the Committee for Environmental Protection has endorsed a revised Management Plan for ASPA 101; Desiring to replace the existing Management Plan for ASPA 101 with the revised Management Plan; 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: 1) the revised Management Plan for Antarctic Specially Protected Area No. 101 (Taylor Rookery, Mac.Robertson Land), which is annexed to this Measure, be approved; 2) the Management Plan for ASPA 101 annexed to Measure 2 (2005) shall cease to be effective; and Recommendation XVII-2 (1992), which is not yet effective, be withdrawn. 6 Measure 1 (2010) Management Plan for Antarctic Specially Protected Area No. 101 TAYLOR ROOKERY, MAC.ROBERTSON LAND Introduction Taylor Rookery is an emperor penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri) colony located on the east side of Taylor Glacier, Mac.Robertson