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Regional treaties

53 regional treaties and protocols

Protocol on Conservation and Sustainable Use of Biological and Landscape Diversity

  • Treaty
  • 欧洲

Protocol on Sustainable Agriculture and Rural Development

  • Treaty
  • 欧洲

Protocol on Sustainable Forest Management

  • Treaty
  • 欧洲

Protocol on Sustainable Tourism

  • Treaty
  • 欧洲

Protocol on Sustainable Transport

  • Treaty
  • 欧洲

United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea

  • Treaty
  • Marine and Freshwater
  • 拉丁美洲和加勒比地区
Glossary term(s)
access right, environmental impact assessment, invasive species, marine debris, marine fishery, ship-based marine pollution

Regional Agreement on Access to Information, Public Participation and Justice in Environmental Matters in Latin America and the Caribbean

  • Treaty
  • Biodiversity
  • Chemicals and Waste
  • Climate Change and Atmosphere
  • Marine and Freshwater
  • 拉丁美洲和加勒比地区
Glossary term(s)
access to information, access to justice, public participation

Abidjan Convention

  • Treaty
  • Biodiversity
  • Chemicals and Waste
  • Marine and Freshwater
  • 非洲
  • Multilateral
Glossary term(s)
land-based marine pollution, marine pollution, marine resources conservation, ship-based marine pollution

Agreement on the Conservation of African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds

  • Treaty
  • Biodiversity
  • 非洲
  • 欧洲
  • Multilateral
Glossary term(s)
migratory species, protection of species, waterbird, wetland

Agreement on the Conservation of Populations of European Bats

  • Treaty
  • Biodiversity
  • 欧洲
  • Multilateral
Glossary term(s)
protection of species

Agreement on the Conservation of Small Cetaceans of the Baltic and North Seas

  • Treaty
  • Biodiversity
  • 欧洲
  • Multilateral
Glossary term(s)
marine resources conservation, protection of species

Antigua Convention

  • Treaty
  • Biodiversity
  • Marine and Freshwater
  • 亚洲和太平洋
  • Multilateral
Glossary term(s)
fisheries management, marine resources conservation

Apia Convention

  • Treaty
  • Biodiversity
  • Chemicals and Waste
  • Marine and Freshwater
  • 亚洲和太平洋
  • Multilateral
Glossary term(s)
protected area, protection of habitat, protection of species

ASEAN Agreement on Transboundary Haze Pollution

  • Treaty
  • Chemicals and Waste
  • Climate Change and Atmosphere
  • 亚洲和太平洋
  • Multilateral
Glossary term(s)
air pollution, deforestation, long-range air pollution

Bamako Convention

  • Treaty
  • Chemicals and Waste
  • 非洲
  • Multilateral
Glossary term(s)
hazardous waste, waste

Barcelona Convention

  • Treaty
  • Biodiversity
  • Chemicals and Waste
  • Marine and Freshwater
  • 非洲
  • 欧洲
  • Multilateral
Glossary term(s)
land-based marine pollution, pollution

Barcelona Convention, 1976

  • Treaty
  • Biodiversity
  • Chemicals and Waste
  • Marine and Freshwater
  • 非洲
  • 欧洲
Glossary term(s)
hazardous substance, land-based marine pollution, marine pollution, marine resources conservation, ship-based marine pollution

Barcelona Dumping, 1976

  • Treaty
  • Chemicals and Waste
  • Marine and Freshwater
  • 非洲
  • 欧洲
Glossary term(s)
marine pollution, ship-based marine pollution

Carpathian Convention

  • Treaty
  • Biodiversity
  • 欧洲
  • Multilateral
Glossary term(s)
mountain ecosystem, protection of habitat, protection of species

Cartagena Convention

  • Treaty
  • Biodiversity
  • Chemicals and Waste
  • Marine and Freshwater
  • 拉丁美洲和加勒比地区
  • Multilateral
Glossary term(s)
land-based marine pollution, marine ecosystem, marine pollution

Convention on Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution

  • Treaty
  • Chemicals and Waste
  • Climate Change and Atmosphere
  • 欧洲
  • Multilateral
Glossary term(s)
access to information, air pollution, air quality, pollution

Convention on the Transboundary Effects of Industrial Accidents

  • Treaty
  • Biodiversity
  • Chemicals and Waste
  • Climate Change and Atmosphere
  • Marine and Freshwater
  • 欧洲
  • Multilateral
Glossary term(s)
disaster, production, transboundary effect

Dumping Protocol

  • Treaty
  • Chemicals and Waste
  • Marine and Freshwater
  • 非洲
  • 欧洲
  • Multilateral
Glossary term(s)
coastal biodiversity, marine biodiversity, pollution, prevention, ship-based marine pollution

EMEP Protocol

  • Treaty
  • Chemicals and Waste
  • Climate Change and Atmosphere
  • 欧洲
  • Multilateral
Glossary term(s)
air pollution, long-range air pollution, monitoring, transboundary effect

Espoo Convention

  • Treaty
  • Biodiversity
  • Chemicals and Waste
  • Climate Change and Atmosphere
  • Marine and Freshwater
  • 欧洲
  • Multilateral
Glossary term(s)
environmental impact assessment

Hazardous Wastes Protocol

  • Treaty
  • Chemicals and Waste
  • 非洲
  • 欧洲
  • Multilateral
Glossary term(s)
hazardous waste, illegal trade, waste

Jeddah Convention

  • Treaty
  • Biodiversity
  • Chemicals and Waste
  • Marine and Freshwater
  • 亚洲和太平洋
  • Multilateral
Glossary term(s)
coastal biodiversity, coastal wetland, marine biodiversity, marine protected area, pollution, ship-based marine pollution

Kuwait Regional Convention

  • Treaty
  • Biodiversity
  • Chemicals and Waste
  • Marine and Freshwater
  • 亚洲和太平洋
  • Multilateral
Glossary term(s)
coastal biodiversity, coastal wetland, liability, marine biodiversity, marine protected area, pollution

Kyiv Protocol on PRTRs

  • Treaty
  • Chemicals and Waste
  • 欧洲
  • Multilateral
Glossary term(s)
access to information, pollution

Land-Based Sources Protocol

  • Treaty
  • Biodiversity
  • Chemicals and Waste
  • Marine and Freshwater
  • 非洲
  • 欧洲
  • Multilateral
Glossary term(s)
coastal biodiversity, coastal wetland, land-based marine pollution, marine biodiversity, marine protected area, pollution

Lusaka Agreement

  • Treaty
  • Biodiversity
  • 非洲
  • Multilateral
Glossary term(s)
endangered species, illegal trade, species

Nairobi Convention

  • Treaty
  • Biodiversity
  • Chemicals and Waste
  • Marine and Freshwater
  • 非洲
  • Multilateral
Glossary term(s)
hazardous waste, illegal trade, waste

Noumea Convention

  • Treaty
  • Biodiversity
  • Chemicals and Waste
  • Marine and Freshwater
  • 亚洲和太平洋
  • Multilateral
Glossary term(s)
pollution

Mediterranean Land-Based Sources Protocol, 1996

  • Treaty
  • Biodiversity
  • Chemicals and Waste
  • Marine and Freshwater
  • 非洲
  • 欧洲

LBS Protocol

  • Treaty
  • Biodiversity
  • Chemicals and Waste
  • Marine and Freshwater
  • 拉丁美洲和加勒比地区
Glossary term(s)
land-based marine pollution

Offshore Protocol

  • Treaty
  • Biodiversity
  • Chemicals and Waste
  • Marine and Freshwater
  • 非洲
  • 欧洲
  • Multilateral
Glossary term(s)
bioprospecting, continental shelf, deep sea bed, pollution

Oil Spills Protocol

  • Treaty
  • Biodiversity
  • Chemicals and Waste
  • Marine and Freshwater
  • 拉丁美洲和加勒比地区
Glossary term(s)
marine pollution, oil pollution

Protocol on Water and Health

  • Treaty
  • Biodiversity
  • Chemicals and Waste
  • Marine and Freshwater
  • 欧洲
  • Multilateral
Glossary term(s)
RAMSAR site, health, water resources management, wetland

Tehran Convention

  • Treaty
  • Biodiversity
  • Marine and Freshwater
  • 亚洲和太平洋
Glossary term(s)
hazardous substance

Waigani Convention

  • Treaty
  • 亚洲和太平洋

Water Convention

  • Treaty
  • Biodiversity
  • Marine and Freshwater
  • 欧洲
  • Multilateral
Glossary term(s)
RAMSAR site, adaptation, climate change, water resources management, wetland

The London Fisheries Convention

  • Treaty
  • Marine and Freshwater
  • 欧洲
Glossary term(s)
marine fishery

Protocol on Heavy Metals

  • Treaty
  • Chemicals and Waste
  • Climate Change and Atmosphere
  • 欧洲
  • Multilateral

Prevention and Emergency Protocol

  • Treaty
  • Biodiversity
  • Chemicals and Waste
  • Marine and Freshwater
  • 非洲
  • 欧洲
  • Multilateral
Glossary term(s)
disaster, pollution, ship-based marine pollution

Prevention and Emergency Protocol, 1976

  • Treaty
  • Biodiversity
  • Chemicals and Waste
  • Marine and Freshwater
  • 非洲
  • 欧洲

Protocol Concerning Specially Protected Areas and Wildlife

  • Treaty
  • Biodiversity
  • 拉丁美洲和加勒比地区
Glossary term(s)
protected area, wildlife

Protocol concerning the Control of Emissions of Nitrogen Oxides

  • Treaty
  • Biodiversity
  • Chemicals and Waste
  • Marine and Freshwater
  • 拉丁美洲和加勒比地区
  • Multilateral
Glossary term(s)
emission, greenhouse gas

Protocol concerning the Control of Emissions of Volatile Organic Compounds or their Transboundary Fluxes

  • Treaty
  • Chemicals and Waste
  • Climate Change and Atmosphere
  • 欧洲
  • Multilateral

Protocol on Further Reduction of Sulphur Emissions

  • Treaty
  • Chemicals and Waste
  • Climate Change and Atmosphere
  • 欧洲
  • Multilateral

地中海海岸带区域综合管理议定书

  • Treaty
  • Biodiversity
  • Chemicals and Waste
  • Climate Change and Atmosphere
  • Marine and Freshwater
  • 非洲
  • 欧洲

Protocol on the Reduction of Sulphur Emissions

  • Treaty
  • Chemicals and Waste
  • Climate Change and Atmosphere
  • 欧洲
  • Multilateral

Protocol to Abate Acidification, Eutrophication and Ground-level Ozone

  • Treaty
  • Chemicals and Waste
  • Climate Change and Atmosphere
  • 欧洲
  • Multilateral

地中海生物多样性特别保护区议定书

  • Treaty
  • Biodiversity
  • Chemicals and Waste
  • Marine and Freshwater
  • 非洲
  • 欧洲
  • Multilateral
Glossary term(s)
coastal biodiversity, marine biodiversity, marine protected area, protected area

全球性条约

34 global treaties and protocols

巴塞尔公约

  • Treaty
  • Chemicals and Waste
  • 全球
  • Multilateral
Glossary term(s)
chemical, environmental impact assessment, hazardous waste, illegal trade, labelling, pesticide, risk assessment, waste, waste management

Convention on Biological Diversity

  • Treaty
  • Biodiversity
  • 全球
  • Multilateral
Glossary term(s)
access and benefit sharing, access to genetic resources, agrobiodiversity, genetic resource

Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora

  • Treaty
  • Biodiversity
  • 全球
  • Multilateral
Glossary term(s)
agrobiodiversity, conservation, endangered species, illegal trade, species, sustainable use

Convention on Migratory Species

  • Treaty
  • Biodiversity
  • 全球
  • Multilateral
Glossary term(s)
endangered species, migratory species, species

Governing Council

  • Treaty
  • Biodiversity
  • Chemicals and Waste
  • Climate Change and Atmosphere
  • Marine and Freshwater
  • 全球
  • Multilateral

International Plant Protection Convention

  • Treaty
  • Biodiversity
  • 全球
Glossary term(s)
disease, plant protection

Kyoto Protocol

  • Treaty
  • Climate Change and Atmosphere
  • 全球
  • Multilateral
Glossary term(s)
adaptation, climate change, climate change mitigation, emissions trading, illegal trade, trade

Aarhus Convention

  • Treaty
  • Biodiversity
  • Chemicals and Waste
  • Climate Change and Atmosphere
  • 全球
  • Multilateral
Glossary term(s)
access to information, access to justice, public participation

Paris Agreement

  • Treaty
  • Climate Change and Atmosphere
  • 全球
Glossary term(s)
climate change, climate change adaptation, climate change mitigation, emission

Plant Treaty

  • Treaty
  • Biodiversity
  • 全球
  • Multilateral
Glossary term(s)
access and benefit sharing, food security, genetic resource, genetic resource for food and agriculture, mutually agreed term, plant genetic resource

Nagoya – Kuala Lumpur Supplementary Protocol

  • Treaty
  • Biodiversity
  • 全球
  • Multilateral
Glossary term(s)
biosafety, genetically modified organism, liability

Cartagena Protocol

  • Treaty
  • Biodiversity
  • 全球
  • Multilateral
Glossary term(s)
agrobiodiversity, biosafety, biotechnology, clearing-house mechanism, genetic resource, genetically modified organism, illegal trade, living modified organism, prior informed consent

Montreal Protocol

  • Treaty
  • Climate Change and Atmosphere
  • 全球
  • Multilateral
Glossary term(s)
ozone depleting potential, ozone layer depletion, sound environmental management, sustainable production, sustainable use

Nagoya Protocol

  • Treaty
  • Biodiversity
  • 全球
  • Multilateral
Glossary term(s)
access and benefit sharing, access to genetic resources, benefit sharing, clearing-house mechanism, indigenous peoples, sustainable use

Basel Protocol on Liability and Compensation

  • Treaty
  • Chemicals and Waste
  • 全球
  • Multilateral
Glossary term(s)
compensation, hazardous waste, liability, waste export

Ramsar Convention

  • Treaty
  • Biodiversity
  • Marine and Freshwater
  • 全球
  • Multilateral
Glossary term(s)
RAMSAR site, water resources management, wetland

Minamata Convention on Mercury

  • Treaty
  • Chemicals and Waste
  • 全球
  • Multilateral
Glossary term(s)
chemical, hazardous substance, waste management

鹿特丹公约

  • Treaty
  • Chemicals and Waste
  • 全球
  • Multilateral
Glossary term(s)
chemical, hazardous waste, pesticide, prior informed consent, waste, waste management

斯德哥尔摩公约

  • Treaty
  • Chemicals and Waste
  • 全球
  • Multilateral
Glossary term(s)
chemical, clearing-house mechanism, committee, hazardous waste, health, pesticide, prior informed consent, waste, waste management

Strategic Approach to International Chemicals Management

  • Treaty
  • Chemicals and Waste
  • 全球
Glossary term(s)
chemical, sound environmental management

UN Watercourses Convention

  • Treaty
  • Chemicals and Waste
  • Marine and Freshwater
  • 全球
  • Multilateral

United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification

  • Treaty
  • Biodiversity
  • Climate Change and Atmosphere
  • 全球
  • Multilateral
Glossary term(s)
desertification, erosion, land, land degradation, semi-arid ecosystem, sub-humid ecosystem

United Nations Environment Assembly

  • Treaty
  • Biodiversity
  • Chemicals and Waste
  • Climate Change and Atmosphere
  • Marine and Freshwater
  • 全球
  • Multilateral

United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change

  • Treaty
  • Climate Change and Atmosphere
  • 全球
  • Multilateral
Glossary term(s)
adaptation, black carbon, climate change, climate change mitigation, emission

Vienna Convention

  • Treaty
  • Climate Change and Atmosphere
  • 全球
  • Multilateral
Glossary term(s)
ozone depleting potential, ozone layer depletion, sound environmental management, sustainable production, sustainable use

World Heritage Convention

  • Treaty
  • Biodiversity
  • Marine and Freshwater
  • 全球
  • Multilateral
Glossary term(s)
cultural heritage, ecosystem management, fund, protected area, sustainable tourism, sustainable use

International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships, 1973

  • Treaty
  • Marine and Freshwater
  • 全球
Glossary term(s)
marine pollution, storage, transport

Protocol on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs)

  • Treaty
  • Chemicals and Waste
  • 全球
  • Multilateral

Protocol on Strategic Environmental Assessment

  • Treaty
  • Biodiversity
  • Chemicals and Waste
  • Marine and Freshwater
  • 全球
  • Multilateral
Glossary term(s)
environmental impact assessment, national strategy, sound environmental management

The Kigali Amendment (2016)

  • Treaty
  • Chemicals and Waste
  • Climate Change and Atmosphere
  • 全球
Glossary term(s)
chemical, ozone depleting potential, ozone layer depletion, sound environmental management

The Beijing Amendment (1999)

  • Treaty
  • Chemicals and Waste
  • Climate Change and Atmosphere
  • 全球

The Montreal Amendment (1997)

  • Treaty
  • Chemicals and Waste
  • Climate Change and Atmosphere
  • 全球

The Copenhagen Amendment (1992)

  • Treaty
  • Chemicals and Waste
  • Climate Change and Atmosphere
  • 全球

The London Amendment (1990)

  • Treaty
  • Chemicals and Waste
  • Climate Change and Atmosphere
  • 全球