Environmental Governance
Definition(s)
Improvement of the public understanding of environmental issues with various aims including to build environmental awareness, and get public, finanical and/or scientific support for solving issues. (Source: Aichi Target 1)
Hierarchy
Broader: access to information
Narrower: social media
Concept URI: https://www.informea.org/en/terms/public-awareness
In other languages
French
sensibilisation du public
Russian
информационная кампания по оповещению общественности
Spanish
campaña de concienciación pública
Chinese, Simplified
宣传运动
Arabic
حملة توعية عامة
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123 multilateral environment agreement-related documents
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public awareness. This includes official treaty texts, decisions, recommendations, and other related
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Basel Convention | 1 article or paragraph3 decisions70 documents |
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Convention on Migratory Species | 1 article or paragraph7 documents |
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Stockholm Convention | 2 articles and paragraphs32 documents |
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Montreal Protocol | 1 article or paragraph |
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Cartagena Protocol | 1 article or paragraph1 decision |
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Nagoya Protocol | 1 article or paragraph |
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Agreement on the Conservation of African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds | 2 articles and paragraphs2 decisions |
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United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change | 2 articles and paragraphs11 decisions |
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World Heritage Convention | 3 articles and paragraphs |
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Kyoto Protocol | 1 article or paragraph |
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The Convention on Wetlands | 1 article or paragraph |
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United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification | 4 articles and paragraphs |
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Rotterdam Convention | 13 documents |
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Specially Protected Areas and Biodiversity Protocol | 1 article or paragraph |
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Hazardous Wastes Protocol | 1 article or paragraph |
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Convention on Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution | 1 document |
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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 | 1 decision |
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ASEAN Agreement on Transboundary Haze Pollution | 1 article or paragraph |