Environmental Governance
Definition(s)
Agreements concluded between states in written form and governed by international law, whether embodied in a single instrument or in two or more related instruments, and whatever its particular designation. (Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties)
Hierarchy
Broader: Environmental Rule of Law
Narrower: acceptanceaccessionadoptionadvisory bodyamendmentannexappendixbilateral agreementbudgetbureauConference of the Partiesdepositoryentry into forceexemptiongoverning bodyinformation exchangejoint liaison groupMemorandum of Understandingmutually agreed termnational focal pointnegotiationnon-partynotificationobserverpartypreambleprotocolratificationreservationRules of Proceduresecretariatsignaturesynergyvotingwithdrawalworking group
In other languages
French
accord international
Russian
международное соглашение
Spanish
acuerdo internacional
Chinese, Simplified
国际协同
Arabic
اتفاقية دولية
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Multilateral environment agreements tagged with international agreement
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international agreement. This includes official treaty texts, decisions, recommendations, and other related
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Convention on Biological Diversity | 1 article or paragraph |
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Basel Convention | 3 articles and paragraphs1 document |
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Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora | 1 article or paragraph |
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Convention on Migratory Species | 1 article or paragraph3 documents |
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Cartagena Protocol | 1 article or paragraph |
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Nagoya Protocol | 2 articles and paragraphs |
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Agreement on the Conservation of African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds | 1 article or paragraph1 document |
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United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification | 1 article or paragraph |
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Rotterdam Convention | 1 article or paragraph2 documents |
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Hazardous Wastes Protocol | 1 article or paragraph |
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Convention on Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution | 4 documents |
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Abidjan Convention | 1 article or paragraph |
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Noumea Convention | 1 article or paragraph |
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Cartagena Convention | 1 article or paragraph |
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Jeddah Convention | 1 article or paragraph |
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Bamako Convention | 1 article or paragraph |
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Convention on the Transboundary Effects of Industrial Accidents | 1 article or paragraph |
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Minamata Convention on Mercury | 2 articles and paragraphs |
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Agreement on the Conservation of Small Cetaceans of the Baltic and North Seas | 1 document |
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Agreement on the Conservation of Populations of European Bats | 1 document |
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United Nations Environment Assembly | 2 decisions |