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(2) sites where such investigations are proceeding may require 

 a measure of protection; 



(3) because of the continuing scientific investigations in them, 

 certain localities of botanical or zoological interest are not suit- 

 able for designation as Specially Protected Areas under the 

 Agreed Measures for the Conservation of Antarctic Fauna and 

 Flora ; 



(4) sites of non-biological interest cannot be designated as 

 Specially Protected Areas; 



Considering that the application of individual management plans 

 regulating access and use for a specified period to such sites, which 

 might be called sites of Special Scientific Interest, would enable inves- 

 tigations at these sites to be carried out without interference ; 



RecorrhTnend to their Governments that : 



1. They invite SCAR, through their National Committees, to 

 consider this matter further and make suggestions for the desig- 

 nation of sites of Special Scientific Interest (together with a pro- 

 posed management plan for each site) ; 



2. They study the subject further with a view to its inclusion 

 on the Agenda of the Eighth Consultative Meeting. 



VII-4 



EFFECTS OF TOURISTS AND NON-GOVERNMENTAL EXPEDITIONS IN THE 

 ANTARCTIC TREATY AREA 



The Representatives, 



Noting the increase in the Antarctic Treaty Area in the number of 

 visitors who are not sponsored by Consultative Parties ; 



Considering that both Governments and such visitors would benefit 

 from having available to them an agreed statement : 



(a) of accepted practices in the Treaty Area including, inter 

 alia^ the need for self sufficiency and prior notification of intended 

 arrival at a station, which such visitors would be expected to 

 follow (to which could be appended the particular conditions 

 imposed by each government for a visit to any one of its stations) ; 

 and 



(&) of the relevant provisions of the Antarctic Treaty and of 

 the Recommendations made under it; 

 Recalling Recommendations VI-7 and VI-11 concerning the pos- 

 sible harmful effects of such visitors on scientific programmes and on 

 the Antarctic environment; 



Convinced of the need to avoid unnecessary interference with nat- 

 ural ecological systems which are not sufficiently understood and con- 

 tinue to be the sub j ect of research ; 



Conscious that the Treaty Area contains many unique features ot 

 historical, scenic and general scientific interest; 

 Recommend to their Governments that : 



1 They keep under review, in the light of existing Recom- 

 mendations, the effects in the Treaty Area of tourists and other 

 visitors who are not sponsored by Consultative Parties ; 



2 They consider drawing up at the Eighth Consultative Meet- 

 ing a statement of those accepted practices and relevant pro- 



