The Antarctic Treaty Measures adopted at the Thirty-seventh Consultative Meeting held at Brasilia 28 April – 07 May 2014 Presented to Parliament by the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs by Command of Her Majesty December 2015 Cm 9150 © Crown copyright 2015 This publication is licensed under the terms of the Open Government Licence v3.0 except where otherwise stated. To view this licence, visit www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government- licence/version/3/ or write to the Information Policy Team, The National Archives, Kew, London TW9 4DU, or email: [email protected] Where we have identified any third party copyright information you will need to obtain permission from the copyright holders concerned. This publication is available at www.gov.uk/government/publications Any enquiries regarding this publication should be sent to us at Treaty Section, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, King Charles Street, London, SW1A 2AH Print ISBN 9781474125475 Web ISBN 9781474125482 Printed in the UK by the Williams Lea Group on behalf of the Controller of Her Majesty’s Stationery Office ID P002767088 12/15 51958 19585 Printed on paper containing 30% recycled fibre content minimum MEASURES ADOPTED AT THE THIRTY-SEVENTH ANTARCTIC TREATY CONSULTATIVE MEETING Brasilia, Brazil, 28 April - 07 May 2014 The Measures1 adopted at the Thirty-seventh 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. 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 1 to 16 (2014). 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, Thirty-second, Thirty-third, Thirty-fourth, Thirty-fifth and Thirty-sixth Consultative Meetings were also published as Command Papers. No Command Papers were published for the Twentieth to Twenty-fifth Consultative Meetings. ATCM XXXVII Command Paper LK Edit - Entire Document FINAL.pdf 1 12/2/2015 2:21:26 PM Measures Adopted at the XXXVII Consultative Meeting held at Brasilia, 28 April - 07 May 2014 Measure 1 (2014) Antarctic Specially Protected Area No 113 (Litchfield Island, Arthur Harbor, Palmer Archipelago): Revised Management Plan. Page 6 Measure 2 (2014) Antarctic Specially Protected Area No 121 (Cape Royds, Ross Island): Revised Management Plan. Page 27 Measure 3 (2014) Antarctic Specially Protected Area No 124 (Cape Crozier, Ross Island): Revised Management Plan. Page 46 Measure 4 (2014) Antarctic Specially Protected Area No 128 (Western shore of Admiralty Bay, King George Island, South Shetland Islands): Revised Management Plan Page 63 Measure 5 (2014) Antarctic Specially Protected Area No 136 (Clark Peninsula, Budd Coast, Wilkes Land, East Antarctica): Revised Management Plan Page 84 Measure 6 (2014) Antarctic Specially Protected Area No 139 (Biscoe Point, Anvers Island, Palmer Archipelago): Revised Management Plan Page 100 Measure 7 (2014) Antarctic Specially Protected Area No 141 (Yukidori Valley, Langhovde, Lützow-Holm Bay): Revised Management Plan. Page 120 Measure 8 (2014) Antarctic Specially Protected Area No 142 (Svarthamaren): Revised Management Plan. Page 132 Measure 9 (2014) Antarctic Specially Protected Area No 162 (Mawson’s Huts, Cape Denison, Commonwealth Bay, George V Land, East Antarctica): Revised Management Plan. Page 143 Measure 10 (2014) Antarctic Specially Protected Area No 169 (Amanda Bay, Ingrid Christensen Coast, Princess Elizabeth Land, East Antarctica): Revised Management Plan. Page 165 Measure 11 (2014) Antarctic Specially Protected Area No 171 (NarBbski Point, Barton Peninsula, King George Island): Revised Management Plan. Page 180 Measure 12 (2014) Antarctic Specially Protected Area No 174 (Stornes, Larsemann Hills, Princess Elizabeth Land): Revised Management Plan. Page 201 Measure 13 (2014) Antarctic Specially Protected Area No 175 (High Altitude Geothermal Sites of the Ross Sea region): Revised Management Plan. Page 216 Measure 14 (2014) Antarctic Specially Managed Area No 1 (Admiralty Bay, King George Island): Revised Management Plan. Page 247 Measure 15 (2014) Antarctic Specially Managed Area No 6 (Larsemann Hills, East Antarctica): Revised Management Plan. Page 301 ATCM XXXVII Command Paper LK Edit - Entire Document FINAL.pdf 2 12/2/2015 2:21:32 PM Measure 16 (2014) Antarctic Specially Protected Area No 114 (Northern Coronation Island, South Orkney Islands): Revoked Management Plan. Page 339 ATCM XXXVII Command Paper LK Edit - Entire Document FINAL.pdf 3 12/2/2015 2:21:32 PM Measure 1 (2014) Antarctic Specially Protected Area No 113 (Litchfield Island, Arthur Harbor, Palmer Archipelago): 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 approval of Management Plans for those Areas; Recalling • Recommendation VIII-1 (1975), which designated Litchfield Island, Arthur Harbor, Palmer Archipelago as Specially Protected Area (“SPA”) No 17 and annexed a map for the Area; • Decision 1 (2002), which renamed and renumbered SPA 17 as ASPA 113; • Measure 2 (2004), which adopted a Management Plan for ASPA 113; • Measure 1 (2008), which designated Southwest Anvers Island and Palmer Basin as Antarctic Specially Managed Area No 7, within which ASPA 113 is located; • Measure 4 (2009), which adopted a revised Management Plan for ASPA 113; Recalling that Recommendation VIII-1 (1975) was designated as no longer effective by Measure 4 (2009); Noting that the Committee for Environmental Protection has endorsed a revised Management Plan for ASPA 113; Desiring to replace the existing Management Plan for ASPA 113 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 113 (Litchfield Island, Arthur Harbor, Palmer Archipelago), which is annexed to this Measure, be approved; and 2. the Management Plan for Antarctic Specially Protected Area No 113 annexed to Measure 4 (2009) be revoked. ATCM XXXVII Command Paper LK Edit - Entire Document FINAL.pdf 4 12/2/2015 2:21:32 PM Management Plan for Antarctic Specially Protected Area No. 113 5 5 Introduction Litchfield Island lies within Arthur Harbor, SW Anvers Island, at 64°46' S, 64°06' W. Approximate area: 0.34 km2. Designation on the grounds that Litchfield Island, together with its littoral zone, possesses an unusually high collection of marine and terrestrial life, is unique amongst the neighboring islands as a breeding place for six species of native birds and provides an outstanding example of the natural ecological system of the Antarctic Peninsula area. In addition, Litchfield Island possesses rich growths of vegetation and has the most varied topography and the greatest diversity of terrestrial habitats of the islands in Arthur Harbor. The Area was originally designated as Specially Protected Area (SPA) No. 17 through Recommendation VIII-1 (1975) after a proposal by the United States of America. The site was renamed and renumbered as Antarctic Specially Protected Area (ASPA) No. 113 by Decision 1 (2002). The original Management Plan was adopted through Measure 2 (2004) and revised through Measure 4 (2009). The Area is situated within Environment E – Antarctic Peninsula, Alexander and other islands based on the Environmental Domains Analysis for Antarctica and within Region 3 – Northwest Antarctic Peninsula based on the Antarctic Conservation Biogeographic Regions. Litchfield Island lies within Antarctic Specially Managed Area No.7 Southwest Anvers Island and Palmer Basin. 1. Description of values to be protected Litchfield Island (Latitude 64°46' S, Longitude 64°06' W, 0.34 km2), Arthur Harbor, Anvers Island, Antarctic Peninsula was originally designated on the grounds that “Litchfield