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SCAR Bulletin, No. 135, October 1999

Content:

• Stations of SCAR Nations operating in the Antarctic, Winter 1999
• Summary Reports to XXV SCAR, Concepción, Chile, 27-31 July 1998
  • Summary Report from Group of Specialists on Seals
  • Second Report of the SCAR-COMNAP Joint Committee on Antarctic Data Management
  • 1996-98 Report of the SCAR Global Change Programme Office
• Meeting Announcements
• Address List of SCAR Executive Committee, Honorary Members, National Committees, Delegates and Chief Officers
• List of Decisions, Resolutions and Measures adopted at the XXlllrd Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting, Lima, Peru, 24 May-4 June 1999
  • Decision 1 (1999) – CEP Website
  • Decision 2 (1999) Guidelines for Antarctic Shipping and Related Activities
  • Resolution 1 (1999) – Guidelines for EIA in Antarctica
  • Resolution 2 (1999) – List of Specially Protected Species: Annex II to the Environmental Protocol
  • Resolution 3 (1999) – Support for CCAMLR
  • Resolution 4 (1999) – Cooperation among Parties in Accordance with the Article 6 of the Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty
  • Resolution 5 (1999) – Advice from COMNAP and SCAR
  • Resolution 6 (1999) – Adherence to the Environemtnal Protocol by Nonconsultative Parties
  • Measure 1 (1999) – Antarctic Protected Areas System: Revised Management Plan for Site of Special Scientific Interest No 23 – Svarthanraren

SCAR Bulletin, No. 136, January 2000

Measures, Decisions, and Resolutions adopted at the XXlllrd Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting, Lima, Peru, 24 May – 4 June 1999

Overview was given in Bulletin 135

Detail:

• Measure 1 (1999) – Antarctic Protected Areas System: Revised Management Plan for Site of Special Scientific Interest No 23 – Svarthanraren
• Decision 1 (1999) – CEP Website
• Decision 2 (1999) Guidelines for Antarctic Shipping and Related Activities
• Resolution 1 (1999) – Guidelines for EIA in Antarctica
• Resolution 2 (1999) – List of Specially Protected Species: Annex II to the Environmental Protocol
• Resolution 3 (1999) – Support for CCAMLR
• Resolution 4 (1999) – Cooperation among Parties in Accordance with the Article 6 of the Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty
• Resolution 5 (1999) – Advice from COMNAP and SCAR
• Resolution 6 (1999) – Adherence to the Environemtnal Protocol by Nonconsultative Parties

SCAR Bulletin, No. 137, April 2000

• Meeting of the SCAR Executive Committee, Goa, India, September 1999
• Joint Meeting of the SCAR and COMNAP Executive, Committees, Goa, India, 21and23September1999
• Address List of SCAR Subsidiary Groups

SCAR Bulletin, No. 138, July 2000

Article: Life under the Ice and the Climatic Evolution of Antarctica

Other Content:

• Summary Report of a Workshop on Subglacial Lake Exploration, Cambridge, United Kingdom, 26-29 September 1999
• lnterannual Variability in the Southern Ocean: Summary Report of a Workshop, Cambridge, United Kingdom, 2-7 August 1999. Eileen E. Hofmann and Julian Priddle
• A composite gazetteer of Antarctica. Roberto Cervellati, Chiara Ramorino, Jorn Sievers, Janet Thomson, and Drew Clarke

SCAR Bulletin, No. 139, October 2000

Stations of SCAR Nations operating in the Antarctic, Winter 2000

Other Content:

Address List of SCAR Executive Committee, Honorary Members, National Committees, Union Members, Delegates and Working Groups

SCAR BULLETIN, No. 14, MAY 1963

Reprinted from Polar Record, Vol. 11, No. 74, 1963, pp. 614-628

Oceanographic Data Distribution Around Antarctica, by Feodor Ostapoff

Contents

• Data on salinity observations
• Information on the research activites in the Antarctic: National reports
• Meeting of the Working Group on Glaciology at Snow & Ice Symposium
• Update on Permanent Working Groups of SCAR

SCAR Bulletin, No. 140, January 2001

Measures, Decisions, and Resolutions adopted at the XII Antarctic Treaty Special Consultative Meeting, The Hague, The Netherlands, 11-15 September 2000

Measure 1 (2000) – Antarctic Protected Areas System: Revised Management Plans for Specially Protected Areas and Sites of Special Scientific Interest

Measure 2 (2000) – Antarctic Protected Areas System. Extension of expiry dates for certain Sites of Special Scientific Interest

Decision 1 (2000) – Confirmed as observers to the Committee for Environmental Protection: ASOC, IAATO, !HO, IUCN, UNEP, and WMO

Resolution 1 (2000) – Guidelines for Implementation of the Framework for Protected Areas set forth in Article 3, Annex V of the Environmental Protocol

Resolution 2 (2000) – Support for CCAMLR and its Measures to Combat Illegal, Unregulated and Unrestricted Fishing, Including a Catch Documentation Scheme for Dissostichus spp. (Toothfish).

Other Content:

• Address list of SCAR Groups of Specialists

SCAR Bulletin, No. 141, April 2001

Twenty-sixth Meeting of SCAR, Tokyo, Japan, 17-21 July 2000

Other Content:

• SCAR and COMNAP Executive Committees, Tokyo, Japan, 13 July 2000: Report of a Joint Meeting
• Measures, Decisions and Resolutions adopted at the XII Antarctic Treaty Special Consultative Meeting, The Hague, The Netherlands, 11-15 September 2000
  • Measure 1 (2000) – Antarctic Protected Areas System: Revised Descriptions and Management Plans for Specially Protected Areas and Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI): SSSI 8: Western Shore of Admiralty Bay, King George Island, South Shetland Islands

Notes:

• Peru intends to submit a Full Membership application
• Recommendations from the Twenty-sixth Meeting of SCAR to the ATCM
• Joint report from SCAR & COMNAP Executive Committees
• Details of policy suggestions given in Bulletin 140

SCAR Bulletin, No. 142, July 2001

Summary Reports to XXVI SCAR, Tokyo, Japan, 17-21 July 2000

• Summary Report from WG on Biology
• Summary Report from WG on Geodesy and Geographic Information
• Summary Report from WG on Glaciology
• Summary Report from joint Geology and Solid Earth Geophysics
• Summary Report from WG on Geology
• Summary Report from WG on Solid Earth Geophysics
• Summary Reports from WG on Human Biology and Medicine
• Summary Report from WG on Physics & Chemistry of the Atmosphere
• Summary Report from WG on Solar-Terrestiral and Astrophysical Research

SCAR Bulletin, No. 143, October 2001

Measures, Decisions and Resolutions adopted at the XII Special Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting, The Hague, The Netherlands, 11-15 September 2000

Note: The texts of Measures 1-2 (2000), Decision I (2000), and the text and Annex of Resolution I (2000) were reproduced in SCAR Bulletin No 140, January 2001. Two Annexes to Measure I (2000) (SPA No 14 and SPA No 19) are reproduced here, and the remaining Annexes will be reproduced in subsequent issues.

Measure 1 (2000) – Antarctic Protected Areas System: Revised Descriptions and Management Plans for Specially Protected Areas and Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI)

• Management Plan for Specially Protected Area (SPA) No. 14 Lynch Island, South Orkney Islands
• Management Plan for Specially Protected Area (SPA) No. 19 Lagotellerie Island, Marguerite Bay, Graham Land

SCAR Bulletin, No. 144, January 2002

Content:

Measures, Decisions, and Resolutions adopted at the XII Antarctic Treaty Special Consultative Meeting, The Hague, The Netherlands, 11-15 September 2000

Measure 1 (2000) – Antarctic Protected Areas System: Revised Descriptions and Management Plans for Specially Protected Areas and Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI)

• Revised Management Plan for Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) No. 17 Clark Peninsula, Budd Coast, Wilkes Land
• Management Plan for Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) No. 34 Lion’s Rump, King George Island, South Shetland Islands

Measures, Decisions, and Resolutions adopted at the XXIV Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting, St Petersburg, Russian Federation, 9-20 July 2001

Measure 1 (2001) – Antarctic Protected Areas System Historic Sites and Monuments “A Hut”, Scott Base, Ross Sea Region, Antarctica

Measure 2 (2001) – Antarctic Protected Area System Historic Sites And Monuments Ruins of the Base Pedro Aguirre Cerda, Pendulum Cove, Deception Island, Antarctica

Measure 3 (2001) – Antarctic Protected Areas System: ·Extension of Expiry Dates for Certain Sites of Special Scientific Interest

Annex to Measure 3 (2001)

Decision 1 (2001) – Need a permenant Secretariat for the Antarcitc Treaty – Buenos Aires will host

Decision 2 – Guidelines on Circulation and Handling of CEP Documents

Appendix to Decision 2 (2001)

Decision 3 (2001) – Working groups to elaborate on liabilities for environmental damage

Resolution 1 (2001)

Resolution 2 (2001) – Collection of meteorites in Antarctica

Resolution 3 (2001) – Historic Sites and Monuments

Resolution 4 (2001) – Guidelines for handling of pre-1958 historic remains whose existence or present location is not known

Appendix to Resolution 4 (2001)

Resolution 5 (2001) – Exchange of information

SCAR Bulletin, No. 145, April 2002

SCAR Executive Committee Meeting, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 22 – 24 August 2001

Other Content:

• Joint Meeting of the SCAR and COMNAP Executive Committees, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 22 August 2001
• Stations of SCAR Nations operating in the Antarctic, Winter 2001

Notes:

• Estonia is withdrawing from Associate Membership, despite expanding Antarctic research.

SCAR Bulletin, No. 146, July 2002

Antarctic Ice Sheet Mass Balance and Sea Level (ISMASS): Brief Report of a Workshop

Other Content:

SCAR Group of Specialists on Subglacial Antarctic Lake Exploration: Brief Report of a Meeting

SCAR Bulletin, No. 147, October 2002

Twenty-seventh Meeting of the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research, Shanghai, China, 15-26 July 2002

A Summary Report of the Meeting

Other Content:

• Address List of SCAR Executive Committee, Honorary Members, National Committees, Delegates and Officers
• A Major International Prize for SCAR (Prince of Asturias Award for International Cooperation 2002)
• Stations of SCAR Nations operating in the Antarctic, Winter 2002

Notes:

• SCAR to be restructured. ‘Working groups’ replaced with ‘Scientific Standing Groups’ on: Geosciences; Life Sciences; Physical Sciences
• SCAR Fellowship Programme established
• Standing Committees initiated: Antarctic Treaty System; Finance; SCAR-COMNAP Joint Committee on Antarctic Data Management

SCAR Bulletin, No. 148, January 2003

Twenty-fifth Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting, Warsaw, Poland, 10-20 September 2002

Decisions, Resolutions and Measures

The Twenty-fifth Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting (XXV ATCM) adopted four DeCisions, three Resolutions and one Measure. The texts of the Decisions, together with two appendices, and the Resolutions are reproduced here. The text of the Measure is also reproduced here but, due to limitations of space, it has not been possible to give all the Annexes, and those remaining will be published in a later Bulletin.

• Decision 1 (2002) – Naming and numbering system for Antarctic Specially Protected Areas
• Decision 2 (2002) – Emblem of the Antarctic Treaty
• Decision 3 (2002) – The Status ofATCM Recommendations (historic, going back to 1961)
• Decision 4 (2002) – Revised Guidelines for Document Translation and Distribution
• Resolution 1 (2002) – Review of Conservation Status of Antarctic Species
• Resolution 2 (2002) – Revision of Antarctic Specially Protected Area Management Plans
• Resolution 3 (2002) – Support for CCAMLR and action to combat Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing for Dissostichus spp (toothfish).
• Measure 1 (2002) – Antarctic Protected Area System: Management Plansfor Antarctic Specially Protected Areas
• Management Plan for Specially Protected Area No 7 – Cape Hallett, Northern Victoria Land.

SCAR Bulletin, No. 149, April 2003

Report of the XXVII Meeting of SCAR Delegates, Shanghai, China 22-26 July 2002

Joint SCAR/COMNAP Executive Committee Meeting, Shanghai, China, 16-18 July 2002

Content:

• Reports from Standing Committees and Scientific Standing Groups
• Reports of the Delegate Committees
• SCAR recommendations to the Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting

SCAR BULLETIN, No 15, SEPTEMBER 1963

Reprinted from Polar Record, Vol. 11, No. 75, 1963, pp. 737-792

Some Aspects of the Climate of Antarctica, by H. R. Phillpot

Reporting on cloudiness, surface air temp, and wind

Other Content

• Abstracts of papers to be read during the Symposium on Antarctic Geology, to be held in Cape Town, 16 to 21 September 1963

SCAR Bulletin, No. 150, July 2003

Measures, Decisions and Resolutions adopted at the Twenty-fifth Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting, Warsaw, Poland, 10-20 September 2002

Content: Measures, Decisions and Resolutions

Measure 1 (2002) – Antarctic Protected Area System: Management Plans for Antarctic Specially Protected Areas.

Management Plans for:

• Emperor Island, Dion Islands
• Green Island, Berthelot Islands
• Avian Islands, Marguerite Bay
• Cape Royds, Ross Island
• Barwick and Balham Valleys, South Victoria Land
• Cape Crozier, Ross Island
• Byers Peninsula, Livingston Island

SCAR Bulletin, No 151, October 2003

Polar Record 39 (211): 415-448 (2003)

Twenty-fifth Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting Warsaw, Poland, 10-20 September 2002

Content: Decisions, Resolutions and Measures

• Measure 1 (2002) – Antarctic Protected Area System: Management Plans for Antarctic Specially Protected Areas

Twenty-sixth Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting Madrid, Spain, 9-20 June 2003

Content: Decisions, Resolutions and Measures

• Decision 1 (2003) – Apportioning contributions to the Secretariat of the Antarctic Treaty 
• Decision 2 (2003) – Provisional application of measure 
• Decision 3 (2003) – Staff regulations for the Secretariat of the Antarctic Treaty 
• Decision 4 (2003) – Financial regulations for the Secretariat of the Antarctic Treaty 
• Decision 5 (2003) – Meeting of experts on tourismand non-governmental activities 
• Resolution 1 (2003)
• Resolution 2 (2003) – Support of the ATCM for the International Polar Year 2007-08 
• Resolution 3 (2003) – Co-operation in hydrographic survey and charting of Antarctic waters 
• Resolution 4 (2003) – Support for the conservation of Albatrosses and Petrels 
• Measure 1 (2003) – Secretariat of the Antarctic Treaty 
• Measure 2 (2003) – Antarctic Protected Area System: Management Plans for Antarctic Specially Protected Areas 

SCAR Bulletin, No. 152, January 2004

Report of the SCAR Executive Committee (EXCOM) Meeting, Brest, France, 11-15 July 2003

Other Content:

• Joint Meeting of SCAR and COMNAP Executive Committees, Brest, France, 11 July 2003, Draft Report
• XXVlll SCAR Science Week
• SCAR Prince of Asturias Fellowship Awards

Highlights:

• Malaysia is expected to apply for Associate Membership
• Switzerland and Bulgaria are proposing to apply for Full Membership
• Joint meeting of the SCAR and COMNAP Executive Committees – Brest July 2003
• Announcement of 28th SCAR Science Week – July 2004, Bremen