Main environmental conventions, their web
sites and status of ratifications.
GLOBAL
CONVENTIONS |
| International
Plant Protection Convention |
http://www.ippc.int/IPP/En/default.htm
http://www.fao.org/Legal/treaties/004s-e.htm |
Convention
on the Conservation of Migratory
Species of Wild Animals
|
http://www.cms.int
http://www.cms.int/pdf/en/party_list/Partylist_eng.pdf |
Convention
concerning the Protection of the World
Cultural and Natural Heritage (World
Heritage Convention) |
http://whc.unesco.org/
Click then on State
Parties. |
Convention
on Biological Diversity |
http://www.biodiv.org/default.aspx http://www.biodiv.org/world/parties.asp |
| Convention
on Wetlands of International Importance
especially as Waterfowl Habitat (Ramsar
Convention) |
http://www.ramsar.org/
http://www.ramsar.org/key_cp_e.htm |
| United
Nations Framework Convention on Climate
Change (UNFCCC) |
http://unfccc.int |
| Convention
on International Trade in Endangered Species
of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) |
http://www.cites.org
http://www.cites.org/eng/disc/parties/alphabet.shtml |
| Convention
on the Control of Transboundary Movements
of Hazardous Waste and their Disposal
(Basel Convention) |
http://www.basel.int |
| International
Maritime Organisation Convention |
http://www.imo.org |
| Convention to combat Desertification in
countries experiencing serious drought
and/or desertification, particularly in
Africa |
http://www.unccd.int/main.php http://www.unccd.int/convention/ratif/doeif.php?sortby=name |
| Convention
on Fishing and Conservation of Living
Resources of the High Seas |
http://sedac.ciesin.org/entri/texts/high.seas.fishing.living.resources.1958.html |
Bern Convention
Convention on the Conservation of European
Wildlife and Natural Habitats |
Signatories |
| Vienna
Convention for the Protection of the Ozone
Layer |
http://www.unep.org/ozone/index.asp
http://www.unep.org/ozone/Treaties_and_Ratification/index.asp |
International
Convention for the Protection of New Varieties
of Plants
of December 2, 1961,
as Revised at Geneva on November 10, 1972,
on October 23, 1978, and on March 19,
1991 |
http://www.upov.int/ |
Regional Conventions |
| Convention
on Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution |
lrtap/status/lrtap_st.htm |
| Protocol
to Abate Acidification, Eutrophication
and Ground-level Ozone |
lrtap/status/99multi_st.htm |
| Protocol
on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) |
lrtap/status/98pop_st.htm |
| Protocol
on Heavy Metals |
lrtap/status/98hm_st.htm |
| Protocol
on Further Reduction of Sulphur Emissions |
lrtap/status/94s_st.htm |
| Protocol
concerning the Control of Emissions of
Volatile Organic Compounds |
lrtap/status/91v_st.htm |
| Protocol
concerning the Control of Emissions of
Nitrogen Oxides |
lrtap/status/88n_st.htm |
| Protocol
on the Reduction of Sulphur Emissions |
lrtap/status/85s_st.htm |
| EMEP
Protocol |
lrtap/status/84e_st.htm |
| Convention
on Environmental Impact Assessment in
a Transboundary Context |
eia/convratif.html |
| Protocol
on Strategic Environmental Assessment
(Kiev, 2003) |
eia/protocol_status.html |
| Convention
on the Transboundary Effects of Industrial
Accidents |
teia/ |
| Convention
on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) |
http://www.pops.int/ http://www.pops.int/documents/signature/signstatus.htm |
| Convention
on Access to Information, Public Participation
in Decision-making and Access to Justice
in Environmental Matters |
pp/ctreaty.htm |
| Protocol on
Pollutant Release and Transfer Registers |
pp/cprotocol.htm |
| Convention
on the Protection and Use of Transboundary
Watercourses and International Lakes |
water/status/lega_wc.htm |
| Protocol on
Water and Health |
water/status/lega_wh.htm |
| Protocol on
Civil Liability |
civil-liability/status_cl.html |
| Convention
for the Protection of the Marine Environment
and the Coastal Region of the Mediterranean |
http://www.unepmap.org |
| Convention on cooperation for the protection
and sustainable use of the Danube River |
http://ksh.fgg.uni-lj.si/danube/envconv/ |
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Other
Regional or International Agreements |
Global
Environment Facility
|
http://www.gefweb.org/
Member Countries
http://www.gefweb.org/participants/Members_Countries/members_countries.html |
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