Aarhus Convention Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-Making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters (Aarhus, 1998), UNECE
Air pollution UNECE Convention on Long Range Transboundary Air Pollution (Geneva, 1979), website
Biodiversity and biological resources Agreed Measures for the Conservation of Antarctic Fauna and Flora (Brussels , 1964) Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) Convention on Migratory Species (CMS, Bonn, 1979) Convention on the Conservation of European Wildlife and Natural Habitats (Bern, 1979), Council of Europe International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture, Commission on Genetic Resources For Food and Agriculture - website Lusaka Agreement on Co-operative Enforcement Operations Directed at Illegal Trade in Wild Flora and Fauna (Lusaka, 1994) The RAMSAR Convention on Wetlands
Forests International Tropical Timber Agreement (Geneva , 1983)
Waste and hazardous substances Convention on the Transboundary Movement of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal (Basel, 1989) Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade (revised 2005) Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (2001)
Seas and fisheries Convention for the Conservation of Antarctic Seals (London, 1972) Convention on Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (Canberra, 1980) Convention on fishing and conservation of the living resources of the high seas (Geneva, 1958) International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling (Washington, 1956) Regional Conventions on Fisheries (Compendium of legal texts) UN Agreement on the Conservation of Small cetaceans of the Baltic and North Seas (New York, 1992) UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) (Montego Bay, 1982), document UNEP Regional Seas Programme
UNCBD and Cartagena Protocol Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety to the Convention on Biological Diversity, text and annexes UN Convention on Biological Diversity
UNCCD UN Convention to Combat Desertification (Paris, 1994)
UNFCCC and Kyoto Protocol Kyoto Protocol to the UN Framework, Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC, Rio de Janeiro, 1992) - Document UN Framework Convention on Climate Change- Website
Vienna Convention and Montreal Protocol Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer (Montreal, 1987) UNEP Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer (Vienna, 1985) - Website UNEP Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer (Vienna, 1985), - Document
Water Convention on Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes (Helsinki, 1992), Europa website
Other - Miscellaneous Convention on Civil Liability for Damage Resulting from Activities Dangerous to the Environment (Lugano, 1993), Council of Europe Convention on the Prohibition of Military or Any Other Hostile Use of Environmental Modification Techniques (Geneva, 1977) Convention on the Transboundary effects of industrial accidents (Helsinki, 1992), UNECE OECD/DAC Guidelines - Integrating the Rio Conventions into Development Co-operation Protocol to the Antarctic Treaty on Environmental Protection (Madrid, 1991) Treaty Banning Nuclear Weapon Tests in the Atmosphere, in Outer Space, and Under Water (Moscow, 1963). UNECE Convention on Environmental Impact Assessment in a Transboundary Context (Espoo, 1991) UNECE Protocol on Strategic Environmental Assessment (Kiev, 2003) UNESCO Convention for the Protection of World Cultural and Natural Heritage (Paris, 1972) - 'World Heritage Convention'(website)
