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  • Article from 28.01.2016 | Last changed: 29.02.2016

    Parties' reporting obligations

    … Protection? The Contracting Parties must report this and other information once a year. last update on 28.01.2016 The Act Implementing the Protocol on Environmental … measures implemented, and which emergency plans exist. The report is updated every year in accordance with statutory requirement. The individual reports of the … Protection? The Contracting Parties must report this and other information once a year. … The Act Implementing the Protocol on Environmental Protection (AIEP) …

  • Article from 28.01.2016 | Last changed: 29.02.2016

    Committee for Environmental Protection (CEP)

    … Treaty Consultative Meeting (ATCM). Every contracting party to the Protocol may appoint a delegate to the ATCM. Observers and invited experts also attend the … Groups (ICG). German Environment Agency's role in CEP UBA is the national contact point for the Committee for Environmental Protection (CEP Contact Point). UBA plays …

  • Article from 28.01.2016 | Last changed: 28.01.2016

    Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting (ATCM)

    … the Committee for Environmental Protection (CEP), which also meets once a year during the ATCM and formulates recommendations to the Contracting Parties in … the Committee for Environmental Protection (CEP), which also meets once a year during the ATCM and formulates recommendations to the Contracting Parties in …

  • Article from 27.01.2016 | Last changed: 29.02.2016

    Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty

    The Antarctic is protected by stringent environmental protection regulations.

    … Treaty will not simply expire in 2048. Negotiations can be taken up again 50 years after the Environment Protocol entered into force in 1998. Associated content … Treaty will not simply expire in 2048. Negotiations can be taken up again 50 years after the Environment Protocol entered into force in 1998. … Protocol on …

  • Article from 27.01.2016 | Last changed: 27.01.2016

    Antarctic Treaty

    … agreements. last update on 27.01.2016 The 1957-1958 International Geophysical Year, which was devoted to the Antarctic, gave scientists the impetus to engage in … for important follow-up agreements. … The 1957-1958 International Geophysical Year, which was devoted to the Antarctic, gave scientists the impetus to engage in …

  • Article from 24.07.2013 | Last changed: 29.02.2016

    Antarctic Treaty System

    … widely varying priorities in terms of research and environmental protection for 50 years despite an as yet unresolved, and therefore "frozen", territorial conflict. … and entered into force on 23 June 1961. Further conventions followed in subsequent years. 1964: Agreed Measures for the Conservation of the Antarctic Flora and Fauna … not ratified by a single state and never entered into force. It was replaced three years later by the following convention: 1991: Protocol on Environmental Protection …

  • Article from 23.03.2016 | Last changed: 23.03.2016

    Individual tourism in Antarctica

    A little aircraft

    … numbers reached over 500 during the 2010/2011 season. These camps are the starting point for many of the activities in the vicinity, including excursions to emperor … and adventure tourism in the Antarctic Treaty area have grown steadily in recent years. Since all commercial operators are members of the International Association … expeditions such as a trek across the continent require a great deal of effort and years of planning and preparation. If you intend to go on such a journey, please …

  • Article from 22.01.2014 | Last changed: 22.01.2014

    Waste oil

    Three barrels of waste oil

    … the form of a sticker: ”After use this oil must be taken to a waste oil collection point! Improper disposal of waste oil is a danger to the environment! Any addition … prominent place in the retail outlets giving information about a nearby collection point. The collection point is obliged to accept internal-combustion engine oils and gear oils at no …

  • Article from 23.07.2013 | Last changed: 29.02.2016

    Travellers to the Antarctic

    Visitors to the Antarctic must comply with certain rules to avoid causing harm to the environment.

    … by ship. Source: Fritz Hertel/UBA Penguins are used to the sight of a ship at busy points of disembarkation. Source: Fritz Hertel/UBA Next Previous Associated content …

  • Article from 11.03.2016 | Last changed: 11.03.2016

    Tourists in Antarctica

    Tourists on the mountain

    … the first cruise trips to Antarctica for travellers who enjoyed information and lectures by experts instead of entertainment programmes. The Lindblad Explorer … than 37,000 visitors; in other words, a more than fivefold increase within fifteen years. But the global economic crisis and the entry into force of recent IMO … to Antarctica every year. Source: Fritz Hertel/UBA A tent camp ist he starting point for further activities Zelt in der Antarktis Source: Fritz Hertel/UBA To sail …

  • Article from 08.03.2016 | Last changed: 11.03.2016

    Research and logistics in the perpetual ice

    The german Research Station Neumayer 3

    … maintain 80 research stations on the continent, about half of which are manned year-round, and the rest are operated only in the summer season. Argentina was the … South Orkney Islands at the northernmost tip of Antarctica. It took nearly 50 more years before other countries had their own stations. Many of the early research … research stations in the Arctic and Antarctica. The Neumayer stations over the years Germany has conducted year-round research in Antarctica since 1981. Its first …

  • Article from 11.03.2016 | Last changed: 11.03.2016

    Discovery, exploration and conservation of Antarctica

    … most of Earth’s history. The actual discovery of the continent started about 200 years ago. During two centuries mankind succeeded in exploring and gaining access to … 1908 : On his second attempt to reach the South Pole, Ernest Shackleton reached a point only 150 kilometres from the Pole but he and his companions were forced to …