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Environmental Governance

Definition(s)

Range of procedures and actions taken by a state and it's competent authorities to ensure that persons or organizations failing to comply with laws or regulations are brought back into compliance or punished through appropriate action. (Source: Glossary of terms for Negotiators of MEAs, 2007)

Hierarchy

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French
application
Russian
приведение в исполнение
Spanish
aplicación
Chinese, Simplified
执行
Arabic
إنفاذ - تطبيق

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Multilateral environment agreements tagged with enforcement

You can see below a list of multilateral environment agreements. Use the links on the right to view the content tagged with enforcement. This includes official treaty texts, decisions, recommendations, and other related informational documents such as publications, annuals, meetings, documents or reports.
Convention on Biological Diversity
Basel Convention
Stockholm Convention
Montreal Protocol
Cartagena Protocol
Nagoya Protocol
International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
Kyoto Protocol
Rotterdam Convention
Barcelona Convention
Offshore Protocol
Aarhus Convention
Abidjan Convention
Jeddah Convention
United Nations Environment Assembly