Antarctic Treaty System and Protocol on Environmental Protection developments (1959–present)

1. Antarctic Treaty signed in Washington

   Dec 1, 1959Labels: Antarctic Treaty, Washington

   • ATS Treaty
   • Britannica

2. Antarctic Treaty enters into force

   Jun 23, 1961Labels: Antarctic Treaty

   • Britannica
   • NOAA GML

3. Agreed Measures for fauna and flora adopted

   Jun 2, 1964Labels: Agreed Measures, Brussels

   • NASEM
   • CCAMLR History

4. Antarctic Seals Convention signed in London

   Feb 11, 1972Labels: Seals Convention, London

   • CCAS BAS
   • CCAS Wiki

5. Antarctic Seals Convention enters into force

   Mar 11, 1978Labels: Seals Convention

   • CCAMLR History
   • CCAS Wiki

6. CCAMLR adopted to conserve Southern Ocean life

   May 20, 1980Labels: CCAMLR, Southern Ocean

   • UNEP
   • CCAMLR History

7. CCAMLR enters into force

   Apr 7, 1982Labels: CCAMLR

   • UNEP
   • CCAMLR Text

8. Agreed Measures enter into force

   Nov 1, 1982Labels: Agreed Measures

   • CCAMLR History
   • Agreed Measures

9. Antarctic minerals convention (CRAMRA) adopted

   Jun 2, 1988Labels: CRAMRA, Wellington

   • NZ MFAT
   • Cambridge Core

10. Environmental Protocol (Madrid Protocol) signed

    Oct 4, 1991Labels: Madrid Protocol, Environmental Protocol

    • ATS Protocol
    • BAS

11. Committee for Environmental Protection holds first meeting

    Jan 1, 1998Labels: Committee for, CEP

    • ATS CEP
    • ATS Protocol

12. Madrid Protocol enters into force

    Jan 14, 1998Labels: Madrid Protocol

    • ATS Protocol
    • EBSCO

13. Annex V on protected areas enters into force

    May 24, 2002Labels: Annex V, Protected Areas

    • Madrid Protocol
    • ATS Protocol

14. Annex VI on environmental emergency liability adopted

    Jun 14, 2005Labels: Annex VI, Stockholm

    • ATS Liability
    • GovInfo

15. Annex VI remains not in force (approval pending)

    Jun 15, 2005Labels: Annex VI

    • ATS Liability

16. Agreed Measures withdrawn as superseded

    Jan 1, 2011Labels: Agreed Measures

    • Agreed Measures
    • CCAMLR History