International Environmental Agreements

							International Environmental Agreements


    Aarhus Convention Convention on Access       Convention on the Transboundary Effects
     to Information, Public Participation in     of Industrial Accidents, Helsinki, 1992.
    Decision-making and Access to Justice in
     Environmental Matters, Aarhus, 1998         Convention on Wetlands of International
                                                 Importance Especially As Waterfowl Habitat
    Alpine Convention together with its nine
                   protocols                     Convention to Combat Desertification
                                                 (CCD), Paris, 1994.
   ASEAN Agreement on Transboundary Haze
                 Pollution                       Convention on the Protection of the Black
                                                 Sea against Pollution, Bucharest, 1992.
       Convention for the Conservation of
       Antarctic Marine Living Resources         Convention on the Protection of the Marine
          (CCAMLR), Canberra, 1980.              Environment of the Baltic Sea Area 1992
                                                 Helsinki Convention, Helsinki, 1992.
               Agreed Measures for the
            Conservation of Antarctic Fauna      Conventions within the UNEP Regional
                      and Flora[1]               Seas Programme

          Convention for the Conservation of     Convention on the ban of the Import into
                  Antarctic Seals[2]             Africa and the Control of Transboundary
                                                 Movements and Management of Hazardous
          Convention for the Conservation of     Wastes within Africa, Bamako, 1991.
          Antarctic Marine Living Resources[3]
                                                        EMEP Protocol
              Protocol on Environmental
           Protection to the Antarctic Treaty           Nitrogen Oxide Protocol

    Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty (ABM Treaty)          Volatile Organic Compounds
                      (ABMT)                            Protocol

        Asia-Pacific Partnership on Clean               Sulphur Emissions Reduction
            Development and Climate                     Protocols 1985 and 1994

   Barcelona Convention Convention for the              Heavy Metals Protocol
   Protection and Development of the Marine
    Environment and Coastal Region of the               POP Air Pollution Protocol
               Mediterranean Sea
                                                        Multi-effect Protocol (Gothenburg
      Basel Convention Convention on the                protocol) [5]
    Control of Transboundary Movements of
     Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal,
                                                 Directive on the legal protection of
                  Basel, 1989.
                                                 biotechnological inventions
   Biological Weapons Convention (Convention
     on the Prohibition of the Development,      Energy Community (Energy Community
          Production and Stockpiling of          South East Europe Treaty) (ECSEE)
       Bacteriological [Biological] and Toxin
    Weapons and on their Destruction) (BWC)      Espoo Convention Convention on
                                                 Environmental Impact Assessment in a
         Bonn Agreement (environment)            Transboundary Context, Espoo, 1991.
International Environmental Agreements


       Carpathian Convention Framework            European Agreement Concerning the
        Convention on the Protection and          International Carriage of Dangerous Goods
         Sustainable Development of the           by Inland Waterways (AND), Geneva, 2000.
                 Carpathians[4]
                                                  European Agreement Concerning the
        Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety           International Carriage of Dangerous Goods
                                                  by Road (ADR), Geneva, 1957.
         Chemical Weapons Convention
                                                  FAO International Code of Conduct on the
   China Australia Migratory Bird Agreement       distribution and use of Pesticides, Rome,
                                                  1985.
     CITES Convention on the International
   Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Flora      FAO International Undertaking on Plant
                 and Fauna                        Genetic Resources, Rome, 1983.

           Climate Change Agreement               Framework Convention on Climate Change
                                                  (UNFCCC), New York, 1992.
     Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT)
                                                  Geneva Protocol (Protocol for the
       Convention for the Conservation of         Prohibition of the Use in War of
                Antarctic Seals                   Asphyxiating, Poisonous or other Gases,
                                                  and of Bacteriological Methods of Warfare)
      Convention for Co-operation in the
   Protection and Development of the Marine       International Convention for the Prevention
   and Coastal Environment of the West and        of Pollution from Ships
     Central African Region, Abidjan, 1981.
                                                  International Convention for the
       Convention for the Protection and          Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT), Rio
    Development of the Marine Environment         de Janeiro, 1966.
    and Coastal Region of the Mediterranean
     Sea Barcelona Convention, Barcelona,         International Convention for the Regulation
                     1976.                        of Whaling (ICRW), Washington, 1946.

       Convention for the Protection and          International Treaty on Plant Genetic
   Development of the Marine Environment of       Resources for Food and Agriculture
   the Wider Caribbean Region, Cartagena de
                 Indias, 1983.                    International Tropical Timber Agreement,
                                                  1983 (expired)
   Convention for the Protection of the Marine
     Environment and Coastal Area of the          International Tropical Timber Agreement,
        South-east Pacific, Lima, 1981.           (ITTA), Geneva, 1994.

   Convention for the Protection of the Marine    Kuwait Regional Convention for Co-
     Environment of the North-east Atlantic       operation on the Protection of the Marine
       OSPAR Convention, Paris, 1992.             Environment from Pollution, Kuwait, 1978.

   Convention for the Protection of the Natural   Regional Convention for the Conservation of
    Resources and Environment of the South        the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden
         Pacific Region, Nouméa, 1986.            Environment, Jeddah, 1982.

    Convention of the Protection, Management      Kyoto Protocol - greenhouse gas emission
   and Development of the Marine and Coastal
International Environmental Agreements


   Environment of the Eastern African Region,    reductions
                Nairobi, 1985.
                                                 Migratory Bird Treaty Act of 1918
      Convention on Access to Information,
   Public Participation in Decision-making and   Montreal Protocol on Substances That
   Access to Justice in Environmental Matters    Deplete the Ozone Layer, Montreal, 1989.
        Aarhus Convention, Aarhus, 1998
                                                 North American Agreement on
    Convention on Assistance in the Case of a    Environmental Cooperation
   Nuclear Accident or Radiological Emergency
     (Assistance Convention), Vienna, 1986.      Protocol on Environmental Protection to the
                                                 Antarctic Treaty
    Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD),
                Nairobi, 1992.                   Putrajaya Declaration of Regional
                                                 Cooperation for the Sustainable
      Convention on Certain Conventional         Development of the Seas of East Asia,
                  Weapons                        Malaysia, 2003.

    Convention on Civil Liability for Damage     Ramsar Convention Convention on
     Caused during Carriage of Dangerous         Wetlands of International Importance,
   Goods by Road, Rail, and Inland Navigation    especially as Waterfowl Habitat, Ramsar,
        Vessels (CRTD), Geneva, 1989.            1971.

        Convention on Cluster Munitions          Rotterdam Convention Convention on the
                                                 Prior Informed Consent Procedure for
     Convention on Early Notification of a       Certain Hazardous Chemicals and
   Nuclear Accident (Notification Convention),   Pesticides in International Trade,
                 Vienna, 1986.                   Rotterdam, 1998.

   Convention on Fishing and Conservation of     Stockholm Convention Stockholm
       Living Resources of the High Seas         Convention on Persistent Organic
                                                 Pollutants Stockholm, 2001.
   Convention on Long-Range Transboundary
                 Air Pollution                   Treaty Banning Nuclear Weapon Tests in
                                                 the Atmosphere, in Outer Space, and Under
   Convention for the Protection of the Marine   Water
     Environment of the North-east Atlantic
       OSPAR Convention, Paris, 1992.            Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty 1996

     Convention on Nuclear Safety, Vienna,       United Nations Convention on the Law of
                    1994.                        the Sea

     Vienna Convention on Civil Liability for    United Nations Convention to Combat
        Nuclear Damage, Vienna, 1963.            Desertification

       Convention on the Conservation of         United Nations Framework Convention on
     European Wildlife and Natural Habitats      Climate Change

       Convention on the Conservation of         Vienna Convention for the Protection of the
    Migratory Species of Wild Animals, (CMS),    Ozone Layer, Vienna, 1985, including the
                  Bonn, 1979.                    Montreal Protocol on Substances that
International Environmental Agreements


    Convention on the International Trade in      Deplete the Ozone Layer, Montreal 1987.
      Endangered Species of Wild Flora and
     Fauna, (CITES), Washington DC, 1973.         Vienna Convention on Civil Liability for
                                                  Nuclear Damage, Vienna, 1963.
    Convention on the Prevention of Marine
    Pollution by Dumping Wastes and Other         Waigani Convention Convention to Ban the
                    Matter                        Importation into Forum Island Countries of
                                                  Hazardous and Radioactive Wastes and to
   Convention on the Prohibition of Military or   Control the Transboundary Movement and
    Any Other Hostile Use of Environmental        Management of Hazardous Wastes within
            Modification Techniques               the South Pacific Region, Waigani, 1995.

     Convention on the Protection and Use of      Western Regional Climate Action Initiative
        Transboundary Watercourses and
   International Lakes (ECE Watr Convention),
                  Helsinki, 1992.