Antarctic Treaty Environmental Protection Protocol: Protocol to the Antarctic Treaty on Environmental Protection

The Protocol to the Antarctic Treaty on Environmental Protection is one of the many agreements that form part of the Antarctic Treaty System. Agreed in Madrid in 1991 and entering into force in 1998, it etablished Antarctica as a natural reserve to be used for peaceful, non-extractive purposes only, and for scientific research. It supersedes an earlier agreement focused on conservation of natural resources, the Flora and Fauna Agreement.