ASMA for the McMurdo Dry Valleys Workshop.

麦克默多干谷位于南极洲维多利亚地南部，是南极大陆上最广阔的无冰土地。自1995年3月以来，国家科学基金会支助了两个讲习班，以处理干谷的环境问题，并开始拟订该地区的管理计划。越来越多的科学活动以及旅游业增长的潜力是制定更系统的办法来保护和管理干谷活动的动机。第一次讲习班编制了《行为守则》，建议用于规划和执行干谷的活动。讲习班与会者还建议制订一项管理计划，该计划应是跨学科和国际性的。第二次讲习班主要讨论了对干谷湖泊的环境影响。与会者强烈建议将麦克默多干谷指定为南极特别管理区。这项建议是为了举办一个研讨会，将代表该地区各种科学和国际利益的一小群人聚集在一起，制定一份ASMA计划草案，然后通过适当的渠道进行审查，供南极条约系统审议。

LyonsOPP 0119207AbstractThe McMurdo Dry Valleys in southern Victoria Land, Antarctica, are the most expansive tracts of ice free land on the Antarctic continent. Since March, 1995, two workshops have been supported by the National Science Foundation to address environmental concerns in the Dry Valleys and to begin to formulate a management plan for the area. Increasing scientific activity as well as the potential for increased tourism have been the motivation for developing a more systematic approach to protection and management of activities in the Dry Valleys. The first workshop produced a Code of Conduct that was recommended for use in planning and implementing activities in the Dry Valleys. The workshop participants also recommended that a management plan be developed and that the plan be both interdisciplinary and international in nature.The second workshop dealt primarily with environmental impacts on the lakes in the Dry Valleys. The participants strongly recommended that the McMurdo Dry Valleys should be designated as an Antarctic Specially Managed Area (ASMA). This proposal is for a workshop that brings together a small group of individuals, representing the various scientific and international interests in the area, to develop a draft ASMA plan that could then be vetted through appropriate channels for consideration within the Antarctic Treaty System.