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Treaties and MEAs in Biological diversity

Regional treaties

46 regional treaties and protocols

Abidjan Convention

Biological diversity
Chemicals and Waste
Marine and Freshwater
Africa
Glossary term(s):
Conservation, land-based marine pollution, marine pollution, Marine resources conservation, Ship-based marine pollution
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Agreement on the Conservation of African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds

Biological diversity
Africa
Europe
Glossary term(s):
Economy, Environment, Migratory species, protection of species, waterbird, Wetlands
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Agreement on the Conservation of Populations of European Bats

Biological diversity
Europe
Glossary term(s):
Economy, Pesticides, protection of species
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Agreement on the Conservation of Small Cetaceans of the Baltic and North Seas

Biological diversity
Europe
Glossary term(s):
Economy, Marine resources conservation, Migratory species, protection of species
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Antigua Convention

Biological diversity
Marine and Freshwater
Asia and the Pacific
Glossary term(s):
Economy, fisheries management, Marine resources conservation, Sustainable development
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Global treaties

12 global treaties and protocols

Cartagena Protocol

Biological diversity
Land and Agriculture
Global
Glossary term(s):
agrobiodiversity, biosafety, biotechnology, Genetic resources, genetically modified organism, health, Illegal trade, Imports, information exchange, living modified organism, prior informed consent
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Convention on Biological Diversity

Biological diversity
Global
Glossary term(s):
Access and benefit sharing, access to genetic resources, agrobiodiversity, Genetic resources, jurisprudence, Sustainable development
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Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora

Biological diversity
Global
Glossary term(s):
agrobiodiversity, Conservation, endangered species, Illegal trade, national focal point, species, Sustainable use, Trade
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Convention on Migratory Species

Biological diversity
Global
Glossary term(s):
appendix, Economy, endangered species, Migratory species, species
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International Plant Protection Convention

Biological diversity
Land and Agriculture
Global
Glossary term(s):
Diseases, Plant protection
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Documents and files

News

ASCOBANS Outreach and Education Award to Guido Keijl & Dutch Strandings Network

Biological diversity

Suharyono

Biological diversity
Land and Agriculture
Marine and Freshwater

Appointment of the new EUROBATS Executive Secretary

Biological diversity

Events

Feb
3
2025

Seventy-eighth meeting of the Standing Committee

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Switzerland
Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora
Event
Biological diversity
Europe
Dec
2
2024

CRIC 22, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, 2024

United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification
Event
Biological diversity
Land and Agriculture
Global
Dec
2
2024

COP 16, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, 2024

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Saudi Arabia
United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification
Event
Biological diversity
Land and Agriculture
West Asia
Desertification

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