Definition(s)
Any significant adverse effect on the environment resulting from human activity, the physical origin of which is situated wholly or in part within an area under the jurisdiction of another State. (Source: draft based on UNECE definition of transboundary effect/MMA)
In other languages
French
effet transfrontières
Russian
трансграничное воздействие
Spanish
efecto transfronterizo
Chinese, Simplified
跨界影响
Arabic
تأثير عابر للحدود
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Multilateral environment agreements tagged with transboundary effect
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Convention on Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution | 2 documents |
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Espoo Convention | 1 article or paragraph2 documents |
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Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes | 1 document |
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Convention on the Transboundary Effects of Industrial Accidents | 15 articles and paragraphs6 documents |
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The Nagoya – Kuala Lumpur Supplementary Protocol on Liability and Redress to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety | 1 article or paragraph |
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Framework Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment of the Caspian Sea | 1 document |