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Home > Policy advice > Standing Committee on the Antarctic Treaty System > Field Codes of Conduct

Field Codes of Conduct

SCAR has developed various Codes of Conduct for governing fieldwork and the use of animals in Antarctica.  They are as follows:

Toggle Title Date
pdf Environmental Code of Conduct for Geosciences Field Research Activities in Antarctica ( pdf, 157 KB ) 10 Aug 2021
pdf Code of Conduct for the use of Animals for Scientific Purposes in Antarctica ( pdf, 65 KB ) 25 Jul 2019
pdf Environmental Code of Conduct for Terrestrial Scientific Field Research in Antarctica ( pdf, 51 KB ) 18 May 2018
pdf Code of Conduct for the Exploration and Research of Subglacial Aquatic Environments ( pdf, 81 KB ) 01 Jun 2017
pdf Code of Conduct for Activity within Terrestrial Geothermal Environments in Antarctica ( pdf, 153 KB ) 01 May 2016
pdf Recommendation SCAR XXIV-3 Concerning the Re-introduction of Indigenous Species ( pdf, 142 KB ) 01 Aug 1996

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