Study on status and management of Antarctic ecological environment

As the last "pure land" in the world, the Antarctic attracts many countries’ interest because of rich natural resources as well as inherent scientific and aesthetic values. Under the influence of factors such as global warming and human activities (scientific research, commercial fishing, tourism, etc.), the Antarctic ecological environment problems such as regional increase/decrease of Antarctic sea ice area; fluctuation of Antarctic species; and aggravating of environment pollutants detected are emerging. However, the current management policies based on the "Antarctic Treaty System" cannot fully regulate human activities due to issues such as abstraction of ideas. The environmental protection in Antarctic is becoming increasingly severe. International community should develop interdisciplinary international collaboration, strengthen the link between scientific research and management and improve management policies of Antarctic ecological environment so as to minimize the destruction on the Antarctic ecological environment.