Environmental Science 3(3+0)

Important global treaties, agreements & conventions on the environment

Some of the important global treaties, agreements and conventions on the environment are as follows

• 1946 International Whaling Commission (1946 Whaling Convention)
• 1946 International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling
• 1956 Plant Protection Agreement for the South East Asia and Pacific Region
• 1969 Civil Liability Convention, including 1976 Protocol
• 1971 Ramsar Convention on Wetlands
• 1971 Ramsar Convention
• 1971 Fund Convention
• 1972 Stockholm conference
• 1972 London Convention on Ocean Dumping
• 1972 World Heritage Convention - Web Table of Contents
• 1972 World Heritage Convention
• 1973/78 MARPOL Convention on Prevention of Pollution from Ships
• 1973 CITES Text
• 1973 CITES
• 1976 Convention on Conservation of Nature in the South Pacific
• 1979 South Pacific Forum Fisheries Agency Convention
• 1979 Convention on Migratory Species
• 1979 Migratory Species Convention
• 1982 UN Law of the Sea Convention
• 1982 Convention on the Law of the Sea
• 1982 World Charter for Nature
• 1985 South Pacific Nuclear Free Zone Treaty
• 1985 Ozone Convention
• 1985 Ozone Convention - Montreal Protocol
• 1986 Protocol Concerning Co-operation in Combating Pollution Emergencies in the South Pacific Region [under SPREP]
• 1986 Convention for the Protection of the Natural Resources and Environment of the South Pacific Region (SPREP)
• 1987 Agreement on Implementation of US-South Pacific Treaty on Fisheries
• Montreal Protocol , 1987
• 1989 Convention for the Prohibition of Fishing with Long Driftnets in the South Pacific
• 1989 Basel Convention
• 1990 Oil Pollution Preparedness, Response & Cooperation Convention
• 1992 Niue Treaty on Cooperation in Fisheries Surveillance in South Pacific
• 1992 Climate Change Convention (UNFCCC)
• 1992 Rio Declaration on Environment and Development
• 1992 UNCED Agenda 21 , Earth Summit
• 1992 UNCED Forest Principles
• 1992 Protocol to the 1969 Civil Liability Convention
• 1992 Protocol to the 1971 Fund Convention
• 1992 Convention on Biological Diversity
• 1992 Biodiversity Convention
• 1992 Climate Change Convention - Kyoto Protocol
• 1993 Agreement establishing SPREP as an Intergovernmental Organization
• 1994 Draft Declaration - Human Rights and the Environment
• 1994 Convention to Combat Desertification
• 1995 Implementation Agreement on Straddling and Highly Migratory Fish Stocks
• 1995 FAO Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries and Compliance Agreement
• 1995 Washington Declaration on Land-Based Marine Pollution
• 1995 GPA on Land-Based Marine Pollution
• 1996 Protocol to the 1972 London Convention
• 1996 HNS Convention
• 1997 Kyoto Protocol
• 1997 Programme for Further Implementation of Agenda 21
• 1997 UN Convention on Non-Navigational Uses of International Watercourses