The number of Antarctic species that are protected under an international agreement.

Frequency: Each of the international conventions or protocols relating to the protection of species is searched annually for those species that could be classed in any way Antarctic. Measurement technique: The species and the convention or protocol is noted and added to the indicator database. An inclusive definition of the Antarctic is used.

This definition does not correspond to the Antarctic Treaty area sensu stricto, CCAMLR zone or for example Antarctic Convergence. Once the search has been completed and the data entered into the database, an automatic report produces a single figure - the indicator. LINKS TO OTHER INDICATORS DATA DESCRIPTION The data describes the conservation status accorded to most Southern Ocean species by various international (and some Australian) treaties, protocols and agreements.

Links to conservation bodies and agencies (eg IUCN, BLI) are given with the database, as are the texts justifying the conservation status accorded each species.