Multilateral Environmental Agreements
Aarhus ConventionConvention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-Making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters (Aarhus, 1998), UNECEAir pollutionUNECE Convention on Long Range Transboundary Air Pollution (Geneva, 1979)Biodiversity and biological resourcesEnvironmental Treaties and Resource IndicatorsConvention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES)Convention on Migratory Species (CMS)Convention on the Conservation of European Wildlife and Natural Habitats (Bern, 1979), Council of EuropeInternational Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture, Commission on Genetic Resources For Food and Agriculture - websiteLusaka Agreement on Co-operative Enforcement Operations Directed at Illegal Trade in Wild Flora and Fauna (Lusaka)The RAMSAR Convention on WetlandsForestsInternational Tropical Timber Agreement (Geneva, 2006)Waste and hazardous substancesConvention on the Transboundary Movement of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal (Basel, 1989)Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade (revised 2013)Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (revised 2009)Seas and fisheriesConvention for the Conservation of Antarctic Seals (London, 1972)Convention on Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (Canberra,1980)Convention on fishing and conservation of the living resources of the high seas (Geneva, 1958)International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling (Washington, 1946)Regional Fisheries Bodies (Listed by the FAO)UN Agreement on the Conservation of Small cetaceans of the Baltic and North Seas (New York, 1992)UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) (Montego Bay, 1982)UNEP Regional Seas ProgrammeUNCBD and Cartagena ProtocolCartagena Protocol on Biosafety to the Convention on Biological Diversity, text and annexes (Montreal, 2000)UN Convention on Biological Diversity (Nairobi, 1992)UNCCDUN Convention to Combat Desertification (Paris, 1994)UNFCCC and Kyoto ProtocolKyoto Protocol to the UN Framework, Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC, Rio de Janeiro, 1992)UN Framework Convention on Climate Change - WebsiteVienna Convention and Montreal ProtocolUNEP Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer (Vienna, 1985)Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer (Montreal, 1987)UNEP Ozone Secretariat - WebsiteWaterConvention on Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes (Helsinki, 1992)UNECE Water Convention websiteOther - MiscellaneousConvention on Civil Liability for Damage Resulting from Activities Dangerous to the Environment (Lugano, 1993), Council of EuropeConvention on the Prohibition of Military or Any Other Hostile Use of Environmental Modification Techniques (Geneva, 1977)Convention on the Transboundary effects of industrial accidents (Helsinki, 1992), UNECEOECD/DAC Guidelines - Integrating the Rio Conventions into Development Co-operationProtocol to the Antarctic Treaty on Environmental Protection (Madrid, 1991)Treaty Banning Nuclear Weapon Tests in the Atmosphere, in Outer Space, and Under Water (Moscow, 1963)UNECE Convention on Environmental Impact Assessment in a Transboundary Context (Espoo, 1991)UNECE Protocol on Strategic Environmental Assessment (Kiev, 2003)UNESCO Convention for the Protection of World Cultural and Natural Heritage (Paris, 1972) - 'World Heritage Convention'