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Agreement
Coverage
Mandate and
provisions
Conservation
approaches and
tools
Ongoing efforts
in areas beyond
national
jurisdiction
Noumea
Convention
(South Pacific)
Only covers small
enclaves beyond
national
jurisdiction,
which are
enclosed by
national EEZs
(so-called 'donut
holes'). Does not
cover other high
seas areas in the
South Pacific
To ensure that
resource
development is in
harmony with
maintenance of
the unique
environmental
quality of the
region and the
evolving
principles of
sustained resource
management
- Protocols on
dumping and
cooperation in
combating oil
pollution
- While it does
not provide for
any protocol on
protected areas,
the Convention
provides for the
establishment of
specially
protected areas
and protection of
wild flora and
fauna
None
The Antarctic
Treaty
Covers continents
and surrounding
seas south of
latitude 60
degrees South
(note this
excludes the
Antarctic
Convergence area,
and is thus
different from the
area covered by
CCAMLR)
To ensure that
Antarctica shall
continue forever:
- to be used for
peaceful purposes
- to facilitate
scientific research
- to promote
international
cooperation in
scientific
investigations
The Protocol for
Environmental
Protection
(Madrid Protocol)
establishes EIA
procedures as well
as Antarctic
specially
protected areas
and Antarctic
specially managed
areas
Protected area
designation,
species protection
and management,
EIA
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