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(2) that Recommendation VI-8 has notably increased the protection 

 afforded to Specially Protected Areas by prohibiting entry into them 

 except in accordance with a permit ; 



RecogniHing that the existing Specially Protected Areas were desig- 

 nated under less strict provisions regarding entry ; 



Conscious of the need to review the existing Specially Protected 

 Areas in the light of experience and the increased degree of protection 

 they have been afforded ; 



Recalling Recommendation III-X which encouraged SCAR to con- 

 tinue its interest in and prepare reports from time to time on the 

 conservation of Antarctic Fauna and Flora; 



Noting the opinion of SCAR, expressed in the report produced at 

 its Twelfth Meeting on the "Purposes and Designation of Special 

 Areas", that the existing Specially Protected Areas are not fully 

 representative of the major Antarctic land and freshwater ecological 

 systems and that some of these ecological systems are over-represented 

 in the series so far designated ; 



Recommend to their Governments that: 



1. In due course they include in the series of Specially Protected 

 Areas listed in Annex B of the Agreed Measures for the Conservation 

 of Antarctic Fauna and Flora: 



{a) representative examples of the major Antarctic land and 

 freshwater ecological systems ; 



(&) areas with unique complexes of species; 



(c) areas which are the type locality or only known habitat 

 of any plant or invertebrate species; 



{d) areas which contain specially interesting breeding colonies 

 of birds or mammals ; 



(e) areas which should be kept inviolate so that in the future 

 they may be used for purposes of comparison with localities that 

 have been disturbed by man ; 



2. They invite SCAR, through their National Committees, to review 

 in the light of the criteria set out in paragraph 1 the existing Specially 

 Protected Areas, and to make recommendations about: 



{a) the desirability of retaining each Area; 



(5) the desirability of redefining the limits of each Area 

 retained ; 



{c) creating such additional Areas as may be considered 

 desirable ; 



3. The number of Specially Protected Areas should be kept to the 

 minimum that will meet the" criteria set out in paragraph 1 ; 



4. The size of each Specially Protected Area should be the minimum 

 required to serve the purpose for which the Area has been designated. 



VII-3 



SITES OF SPECIAL SCIENTIFIC INTEREST 



The Representatives, 

 Recognising that : 



(1) Scientific investigations may be jeopardised by accidental 

 or willful interference ; 



