Indicator: AAT-13 Number and area of protected areas
Data
| Date | Place | Sq. km |
|---|---|---|
| 1966 | Antarctic Specially Protected Area 101, Taylor Rookery | 0.4 |
| 1966 | Antarctic Specially Protected Area 102, Rookery Islands, Holme Bay | 30 |
| 1966 | Antarctic Specially Protected Area 103, Ardery Island and Odbert Island, Budd Coast | 1.9 |
| 1985 | Antarctic Specially Protected Area 135, North-east Bailey Peninsula, Budd Coast, Wilkes Land | 0.5 |
| 1985 | Antarctic Specially Protected Area 136, Clark Peninsula, Budd Coast, Wilkes Land | 12.1 |
| 1987 | Antarctic Specially Protected Area 143, Marine Plain, Mule Peninsula, Vestfold Hills | 23.4 |
| 2003 | Antarctic Specially Protected Area 160, Frazier Islands, Wilkes Land, East Antarctica | 0.6 |
| 2004 | Antarctic Specially Protected Area 162, Mawson's Huts | 0.00085 |
| 2005 | Antarctic Specially Protected Area 164, Scullin and Murray Monoliths | 10.23 |
| Marine Reserves (sources 2 and 3) | ||
| 1999 | Macquarie Island Marine Park | 162,000 |
| 2002 | Heard and McDonald Islands Commonwealth Marine Reserve | 65,000 |
| World Heritage (source 4) | ||
| 1997 | Heard and McDonald Islands | |
| 1997 | Macquarie Island | |
Source: Australian Antarctic Division 2005, Indicator 63 - The number and area of protected areas in the Australian Antarctic and sub-Antarctic jurisdiction, viewed 9 Nov 2006, http://aadc-maps.aad.gov.au/aadc/soe/display_indicator.cfm?soe_id=63
Source: Australian Antarctic Division 2006, Heard Island and McDonald Island: Protection & Management, viewed 9 Nov 2006, http://www.heardisland.aq/protection/marine_reserve/index.html
Source: Department of the Environment and Heritage 2006, Macquarie Island Marine Park, viewed 9 Nov 2006, http://www.deh.gov.au/coasts/mpa/macquarie/index.html
Source: UNESCO 2005, World Heritage List, viewed 22 Mar 2006, http://whc.unesco.org/EN/list/
What the data mean
The number of specially protected areas in the Australian Antarctic Territory has not changed significantly since the inception of the protected area system under the Antarctic Treaty in 1961. Specially protected areas are quite small. This perhaps reflects that most of Antarctica is not subject to specific local environmental pressures. However, protection is also afforded through marine reserves and World Heritage listing.
Data Limitations
Nil known
Issues for which this is an indicator and why
Australian Antarctic Territory — Environment - The ice and land
The number and spatial extent of areas afforded special protection is an indication of the commitment to environmental protection. The Australian Antarctic Territory and sub-Antarctic areas under Australian jurisdiction are systematically evaluated to determine the need for special protection to be afforded to specific environmental values, with protection afforded administratively or through formal protection under Australian law and where appropriate consistent with international agreements. Areas deemed to require special protection will have management plans implemented which explicitly involve consultation with interest groups, and which are supported with the funds and personnel needed to prepare, administer, and monitor them.
Other indicators for this issue:
- AAT-12 Changes in colonies of plants on Heard Island
- AAT-14 Ice sheet mass balance and sea ice extent
- AAT-15 Glacier movement
- AAT-16 Types and populations of exotic species reaching or establishing naturalised populations in the AAT
Biodiversity — Landscapes - Government action on landscape protection
The number and spatial extent of areas afforded special protection, including in the AAT, is an indication of the commitment to environmental protection.
Other indicators for this issue:
- BD-17 Institutional response to loss of native vegetation
- BD-19 Extent and comprehensiveness of terrestrial protected areas
- BD-24 Government investments to protect biodiversity for public good purposes
- NCH-01 Process of listing, area and distribution of identified natural heritage places
- NCH-05 Physical condition and integrity of a sample of natural heritage places
- NCH-09 Funding provided to heritage and other agencies for natural heritage places
- NCH-13 Changes in heritage legislation
- CO-34 Number and extent of Marine Protected Areas
- LD-27 Area and proportion of agricultural land under various aspects of "best practice"
- LD-28 Percentage and area of farms with planted trees
- LD-29 Area and proportion of forest under "best practice"
- LD-30 National area under plantation forestry
- LD-38 Regions with investments having a major focus on salinity
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