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Selecting Antarctic Specially Protected Areas: Important Bird Areas can help

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 May 2004

John Cooper ,
Eric Woehler  and
Lee Belbin
John Cooper
Affiliation:
University of Cape Town
Eric Woehler
Affiliation:
Australian Antarctic Division
Lee Belbin
Affiliation:
Australian Antarctic Division
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A key element in Antarctic conservation over the past forty years has been area protection. In pursuit of this and the protection of continuing scientific investigations 59 protected areas have so far been agreed by the Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meetings. Although both flora and fauna have been protected under this regime there has only been the habitat matrix devised by SCAR as a guide to selection of areas. What could we do to improve the process of identification and selection?

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Guest Editorial
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Antarctic Science , Volume 12 , Issue 2 , June 2000 , pp. 129
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© Antarctic Science Ltd 2000