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Environmental Assessment and Management Challenges of the Fildes Peninsula Region

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Since the inception of the Antarctic Treaty, numerous regulations for environmental protection were adopted by the Treaty parties to minimise negative environmental impacts of human activity. Nevertheless, the concentration of a variety of human activities in some Antarctic regions leads to a conflict of interest. The Fildes Peninsula on King George Island, in the Antarctic Peninsula, represents a unique example of increasing human pressure due to multiple human uses. Scientific research, station operations, transport logistics, tourism, nature conservation and protection of geological and historical values regularly overlap in space and time. A standardised assessment of fauna, flora and impact of human activities on the terrestrial ecosystem was conducted between 2003–2006 and 2008–2011 to provide a comprehensive dataset that documents the environmental state of the Fildes Peninsula. Management measures are suggested to mitigate these impacts, such as the designation of an Antarctic Specially Managed Area. The political debate amongst the Treaty parties about regulatory measures is on-going, but we strongly recommend immediate action.

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We thank the station personnel and scientists on Fildes Peninsula for providing information and support and members of the Polar and Bird Ecology Group, University Jena, for their help in the field. Without the logistic support from Hapag Lloyd Kreuzfahrten, Hansa Kreuzfahrten, Polar Star Expeditions, KOPRI, FACH, and support from the Alfred-Wegener-Institute, the project would not have been possible. We thank A. Davis, H. Loxdale, S. Pfeiffer, M. Wilbraham and the editors for their assistance with this work and helpful comments on the manuscript. The research was funded by the Umweltbundesamt (German Federal Environment Agency) (FKZ 3708 91 102).

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    Christina Braun, Osama Mustafa, Anja Nordt & Hans-Ulrich Peter

  2. Umweltbundesamt (German Federal Environment Agency), P.O.B. 14 06, 06813, Dessau-Roßlau, Germany

    Fritz Hertel

  3. Biodiversity Research and Botany, Institute for Biochemistry and Biology, University of Potsdam, Maulbeerallee 1, 14469, Potsdam, Germany

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Braun, C., Hertel, F., Mustafa, O., Nordt, A., Pfeiffer, S., Peter, HU. (2014). Environmental Assessment and Management Challenges of the Fildes Peninsula Region. In: Tin, T., Liggett, D., Maher, P., Lamers, M. (eds) Antarctic Futures. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-6582-5_7

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