Source · Select Committees · Environmental Audit Committee
Recommendation 50
50
Acknowledged
Advocate for a treaty-wide system within ATCM limiting Antarctic landings and sensitive site access.
Recommendation
A comprehensive and coherent framework for managing the environmental impacts of tourism is overdue. We welcome the decision by the Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting to develop such a framework by 2028. The Government should actively advocate within the ATCM for a treaty-wide system that includes limits on landings, visitor numbers, and access to sensitive sites, under the guidance of the Committee for Environmental Protection. (Recommendation, Paragraph 224)
Government response summary AI-generated
The government accepts the recommendation to actively advocate within the ATCM for a treaty-wide system with specific limits on tourism, but offers no details on its advocacy strategy or timeline.
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Government Response
Acknowledged
HM Government · verbatim extract
Acknowledged
The Government accepts this recommendation.
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