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Communication at the science-policy interface can be bewildering not only for early-career researchers, but also for many within the research community. In the context of Antarctica and the Southern Ocean, decision-makers operating within the Antarctic Treaty System (ATS)…
This paper summarises the outcomes of a quantitative analysis of the extent of Antarctic wilderness, recently published in Nature (Leihy et al., 2020). The researchers assembled an extensive database of ground-based human activity across the Antarctic continent and offshore islands…
Antarctica is often considered a pristine wilderness, however, as human occupation and activities in the region increase, it is becoming increasingly apparent that this is not the case.
Poa annua L. is the most widespread weed in the sub-Antarctic, present on all major island groups and on the Antarctic Peninsula. Its ability to withstand heavy grazing has enabled it to spread significantly on islands with introduced herbivores.
The sub-Antarctic islands are some of the least inhabited and most protected ecosystems in the world. Due to their isolation and low human visitation they have escaped the worst effects of alien plant invasion.
The sub-Antarctic islands are some of … the least inhabited and most protected … ecosystems in the world. Due to their … isolation and low human visitation they … have escaped the worst effects of alien … plant invasion.
The Southern Ocean islands are some of the most isolated landmasses in the world. Few of the islands support permanent human settlements or land based industries and as such they remain as some of the most uninvaded landscapes globally.
Protection of the wilderness and aesthetic values of Antarctica is mandated by the Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty, the “Madrid Protocol,” which came into force in 1998. Despite the passage of over 13 years…
There has been little progress in implementing protection of wilderness and aesthetic values in Antarctica since the coming into force of the Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty in 1998.
We review the scientific literature, especially from the past decade, on the impacts of human … activities on the Antarctic environment. A range of impacts has been identified at a variety of spatial and … temporal scales.
Atrialwas undertaken of two techniques for assessing the physical condition ofwalking tracks (trails) over extended distances. A distance-based technique, in which categorical measurements were made at regular spatial intervals, proved to be sufficiently … reliable to warrant further development.
Researchers in the SCAR- RiSCC program have been examining the interactions among … climate change, indigenous and alien species, and species and ecosystems function in … terrestrial and limnetic environments spanning an Antarctic environmental gradient of 30° … latitude. This international…
Subantarctic islands contain some of the most remote and least disturbed wilderness regions of the world. Despite best efforts at conservation…
The Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty (the Madrid Protocol) introduces the requirement to plan and conduct activities to avoid or minimise degradation of the wilderness and aesthetic values of Antarctica.