List of International Conventions & Agreements on Environment & Wildlife
Agreement or Convention | Year | Brief Description | URL |
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Ramsar Convention | 1971 | Convention on wetlands adopted in the city of I.R. Iran (Ramsar) in 1971 | https://www.wetlands.org/wetlands/ramsar-convention/ |
Stockholm Convention | 2001 | Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) adopted in Geneva, Switzerland | Stockholm Convention – Home page (pops.int) |
CITES | 1973 | Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora | https://cites.org/eng |
Convention on Biological Diversity | 1992 | Conservation of biological diversity | |
Bonn Convention | 1979 | Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals | |
Vienna Convention | 1985 | Convention for the Protection of Ozone Layer | |
Montreal Protocol | 1987 | International environment protocol on substances that deplete the Ozone Layer | |
Kyoto Protocol | 1997 | International protocol to reduce greenhouse gas emissions | |
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) | 1992 | International environmental treaty governing actions to combat climate change through adaptation and mitigation efforts directed at control of emission of Greenhouse Gases (GHGs) that cause global warming. | |
Rio Summit | 1992 | ||
UNCCD | 1994 | ||
Basel Convention | 1989 | ||
Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety | 2000 | ||
UN-REDD | 2008 | ||
Nagoya Protocol | 2010 | ||
COP21 | 2016 | ||
COP24 | 2018 | ||
COP25 | 2019 | ||
COP26 | 2021 | ||
Kigali Amendment | 2016 | ||
Minamata Convention | 2013 | ||
Rotterdam Convention | 1998 |