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Environmental Conventions and Multilateral Agreements

Atmosphere

• United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)

• Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer

Biodiversity

Global

• Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES)

• Bonn Convention on Migratory Species (CMS)

• Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD)

• Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety

• Marine Mammal Action Plan (MMAP)

• United Nations Forum on Forests (UNFF)

Regional

• Agreement on the Conservation of African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds (AEWA)

• Agreement on the Conservation of Small Cetaceans of the Baltic & North Seas (ASCOBANS)

• Agreement on the Conservation of the Black Seas, Mediterranean and Contiguous Atlantic Area (ACCOBAMS)

• Agreement on the Conservation of Populations of European Bats (Eurobats)

Chemicals and Wastes

• Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer

• Multilateral Fund for the Implementation of the Montreal Protocol

• Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal

• Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade (1998) (joint interim secretariat with FAO)

• Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants

Land

• United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD)

Wetlands

• Ramsar Convention on Wetlands

Oceans, Seas & Water

• Barcelona Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment and the Coastal Region of the Mediterranean

• Abidjan Convention for Co-operation in the protection and Development of the Marine and Coastal Environment of the West and Central African Region

• East Asian Seas Action Plan

• Cartagena Convention for the Protection and Development of the Marine Environment of the Wider Caribbean Region

• Nairobi Convention for the Protection, Management and Development of the Marine and Coastal Environment of the Eastern Africa Region

• North-West Pacific Action Plan/NOWPAP

• Guatemala Convention for the North-East Pacific

• Helsinki Convention on the Protection of the Marine Environment of the Baltic Sea Area

• OSPAR Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment of the North-East Atlantic (Oslo and Paris conventions)  

• Arctic Council for the Protection of the Arctic Marine Environment

• United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS)

• Global Programme of Action for the Protection of the Marine Environment from Land-based Activities

Other links

• UNESCO World Heritage Convention (WHC)

• Antarctic Treaty System: Convention for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources and Madrid Protocol on the Protection of the Antarctic Environment

(Source: UNEP)

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