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Australian Antarctic Division

The Division of the Department of the Environment, Heritage, Water and the Arts with responsibility for managing the HIMI Marine Reserve and HIMI Territory.

Australian Fisheries Management Authority

The statutory authority responsible for management of Commonwealth fisheries, including the HIMI fishery.

Convention on Biological Diversity

Website with information relating to the Biodiversity Convention, managed by the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP).

Department of the Environment, Heritage, Water and the Arts

The Australian Government department responsible for advising the Australian Government on policies and programs for the protection and conservation of the environment, including both natural and cultural heritage places.

Evolution and Biodiversity in the Antarctic

The Response of Life to Change or EBA is an international, multidisciplinary program that has been approved by the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) for 2006 - 2013.

Global Volcanism Program

This site, managed by the Smithsonian's Global Volcanism Program, includes a range of information on volcanoes worldwide, including descriptions and activity reports.

Heard Island on Google Earth

To view Heard Island, first download Google Earth and then click on this link.

IUCN Invasive Species Specialist Group (ISSG)

ISSG provides advice on threats from invasive species and control or eradication methods to IUCN members, conservation practitioners, and policy-makers, with a focus primarily on threats to oceanic islands.

Macquarie Island

Website for Macquarie Island, Australia's other subantarctic island, managed by the Tasmanian Parks and Wildlife Service.

Ramsar Convention

Website for the Convention on Wetlands of International Importance Especially as Waterfowl Habitat (the Ramsar Convention).

World Heritage

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Cool Facts
The Kerguelen Plateau is one of the largest submarine plateaus in the world, and stands directly in the path of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current - an easterly moving current of water that circles the Antarctic continent - and deflects part of those waters north towards the tropics.
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