List of environmental agreements

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There are numerous international environmental agreements made to protect the environment in different ways. Many of these are legally binding.

International environmental agreements include:

• Aarhus Convention
• Alpine Convention together with its nine protocols
• ASEAN Agreement on Transboundary Haze Pollution
• Antarctic Treaty
  • Agreed Measures for the Conservation of Antarctic Fauna and Flora^[1]
• Asia-Pacific Partnership on Clean Development and Climate
  • Convention for the Conservation of Antarctic Seals^[2]
  • Convention for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources^[3]
  • Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty
• Barcelona Convention
• Basel Convention
• Carpathian Convention Framework Convention on the Protection and Sustainable Development of the Carpathians^[4]
• Climate Change Agreement
• Convention on Biological Diversity
• Convention on Cluster Munitions
• Convention on Environmental Impact Assessment in a Transboundary Context
• Convention on Fishing and Conservation of Living Resources of the High Seas
• Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution
  • EMEP Protocol
  • Nitrogen Oxide Protocol
  • Volatile Organic Compounds Protocol
  • Sulphur Emissions Reduction Protocols 1985 and 1994
  • Heavy Metals Protocol
  • POP Air Pollution Protocol
  • Multi-effect Protocol (Gothenburg protocol) ^[5]
• Convention on the conservation of European wildlife and natural habitats
• Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals
• Convention on the International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Flora and Fauna
• Convention on the Prevention of Marine Pollution by Dumping Wastes and Other Matter
• Convention on the Prohibition of Military or Any Other Hostile Use of Environmental Modification Techniques
• Convention on Wetlands of International Importance Especially As Waterfowl Habitat
• International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships
• International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling
• International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture
• International Tropical Timber Agreement, 1983 (expired)
• International Tropical Timber Agreement, 1994
• Kyoto Protocol - greenhouse gas emission reductions
• Migratory Bird Treaty Act of 1918
• Montreal Protocol on Substances That Deplete the Ozone Layer
• North American Agreement on Environmental Cooperation
• Stockholm Convention on persistent organic pollutants.
• Treaty Banning Nuclear Weapon Tests in the Atmosphere, in Outer Space, and Under Water
• Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty 1996
• United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea
• United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification
• United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
• Western Regional Climate Action Initiative

[edit] References

1. ^ Antarctic Fauna and Flora
2. ^ Convention for the Conservation of Antarctic Seals
3. ^ Convention on the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources
4. ^ http://www.carpathianconvention.org
5. ^ Protocol to Abate Acidification, Eutrophication and Ground-level Ozone

[edit] See also

• CITES (Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora)
• Conservation movement
• Environmental movement
• Environmental organizations
• Environmentalism
• Forest management
• Forestry
• International environmental law
• Kyoto Protocol
• List of climate change initiatives
• List of environmental lawsuits
• List of treaties
• Sustainable forest management
• Sustainable forestry
• Wildlife conservation
• Wildlife Enforcement Monitoring System
• Wildlife management

[edit] External links

• Relationship between MEAs and the World Trade Organization