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The result of a vast ecological breakdown in the relations between man and his environment, a serious and sudden event (or slow, as in drought) on such a scale that the stricken community needs extraordinary efforts to cope with it, often with outside help or international aid. (Source: GEMET/GUNN)
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Multilateral environment agreements tagged with catastrophe écologique
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Convention sur la diversité biologique | 1 article or paragraph |
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Convention de Bâle | 2 articles and paragraphs15 decisions |
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Convention sur la conservation des espèces migratrices | 1 article or paragraph1 decision |
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Protocole de Montréal | 1 decision |
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Protocole de Nagoya | 1 article or paragraph |
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Accord sur la conservation des oiseaux d'eau migrateurs d'Afrique-Eurasie | 3 articles and paragraphs |
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Traité international sur les ressources phytogénétiques pour l’alimentation et l’agriculture | 2 articles and paragraphs |
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La Convention du patrimoine mondial | 1 article or paragraph146 decisions |
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Convention sur les zones humides | 4 decisions4 documents |
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Convention des Nations Unies sur la lutte contre la désertification | 1 article or paragraph |
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Convention de Barcelone | 1 article or paragraph |
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Dumping Protocol | 1 article or paragraph |
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Prevention and Emergency Protocol | 6 articles and paragraphs1 decision |
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Specially Protected Areas and Biodiversity Protocol | 1 article or paragraph |
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Offshore Protocol | 3 articles and paragraphs1 decision |
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Governing Council | 1 decision |
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Convention d'Abidjan | 2 articles and paragraphs |
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Convention de Nouméa | 2 articles and paragraphs |
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Convention de Cartagena | 1 article or paragraph |
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Convention de Jeddah | 1 article or paragraph |
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Convention sur les effets transfrontières des accidents industriels | 1 article or paragraph8 documents |
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Convention des Carpates | 1 decision |