Proposal for a MPA in the West Antarctic Peninsula and the Southern Scotia Arc

REBOLLEDO, LORENA; CAPURRO, ANDREA; BARRERA ORO, ESTEBAN; SANTOS, MERCEDES; MARSCHOFF ENRIQUE,; CÁRDENAS, CESAR

Davos

Congreso; SCAR Open Science Conference XXXV, Davos; 2018

SCAR

Since 2011, the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR) has been working on a development of a representative network of Marine Protected Areas (MPA) around the southern oceans, with the main objective of the protection of biodiversity. In order to achieve this, during CCAMLR´s annual meeting 2017, Argentina and Chile introduced a preliminary proposal for a MPA in the West Antarctic Peninsula and the southern Scotia Arc (D1MPA). The D1MPA proposal is the outcome of an inclusive, multinational process that started in 2012, based on 143 spatial data layers and associated conservation objectives and conservation targets. Priority Areas for Conservation have been identified taking into account potential threats posed by climate change and krill fishery. Preliminary boundaries for the D1MPA were introduced, in order to assist with the planning process and future management of the area. The aims of this presentation are to introduce the D1MPA to a wider scientific community, and to look for synergies amongst different actors/stakeholders involved in the Antarctic Treaty System.