The Antarctic Environments Portal is managed by the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research with funding and support in-kind generously provided by several Antarctic Treaty Parties.
The Portal Editor is Dr Ryan Fogt, USA.
The Portal Assistant Editor is Angharad Downes, SCAR Science and Operations Officer, UK.
The Portal Manager is Dr Chandrika Nath, SCAR Executive Director.
The Portal Management Board oversees the running of the Portal and consists of:
- Dr Chandrika Nath, the Portal Manager;
- Dr Carlota Escutia, SCAR Vice-President, and Senior Scientist at the Instituto Andaluz de Ciencias de la Tierra, Universidad de Granada, Spain;
- Prof Deneb Karentz, Chair of the Biology Department at the University of San Francisco, USA;
- Dr Cassandra Brooks, Chief Officer of SCAR’s Standing Committee on the Antarctic Treaty System (SC-ATS), and Assistant Professor at the Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research, University of Colorado Boulder, USA; and
- the Portal Editor, Dr Ryan Fogt, in an advisory role.
The Portal Editorial Board comprises:
- Mr David Brown, Author, USA;
- Dr Rebecca Duncan, Post Doctoral Researcher, University of Technology Sydney, Australia;
- Dr Martin Andres Diaz, Researcher, National University of La Matanza, Argentina;
- Dr Natasha Gardiner, Visiting Scholar, University of Canterbury, New Zealand, and Senior Environmental Advisor, Antarctica New Zealand, New Zealand;
- Dr Kevin Hughes, Environmental Research and Monitoring Manager, British Antarctic Survey, UK;
- Ms Amy Imdieke, Global Outreach Director, International Cryosphere Climate Initiative, USA;
- Dr Shridhar Jawak, Scientist and Project Leader, Climate and Environmental Research Institute, Norway;
- Dr Richard Jones, Senior Research Fellow, Monash University, Australia;
- Prof W Berry Lyons, Professor of Earth Sciences, School of Earth Sciences, and Byrd Polar and Climate Research Center, Ohio State University, USA;
- Dr Hanne Nielsen, Senior Lecturer in Antarctic Law and Governance, Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, University of Tasmania, Australia;
- Prof Irina Repina, Deputy Director, A.M. Obukhov Institute of Atmospheric Physics RAS, Russia;
- Dr Nadine Steiger, Post Doctoral Researcher, LOCEAN, Sorbonne University, France;
- Dr Anoop Tiwari, Scientist, National Centre for Polar and Ocean Research, India;
- Assoc Prof Chiew Yen Wong, Associate Professor, IMU University, Malaysia; and
- Dr Hanna Yevchun, Research Fellow, State Institution National Antarctic Scientific Center, Ukraine.
The Antarctic Environments Portal provides an important link between Antarctic science and Antarctic policy. The Portal makes science-based information available to the Antarctic Treaty System’s Committee for Environmental Protection (CEP) and all the Antarctic Treaty nations. The information in the Portal is there to support the CEP in its development of advice and recommendations to the Antarctic Treaty Consultative Parties on environmental protection.
