Relevant Environmental Treaties

International Environmental AgreementsEntered into Force
Antarctic Treaty23 June 1961
Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Waste and Their Disposal05 May 1992
Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety o the Convention on Biological Diversity29 January 2000
Convention for the Conservation of Antarctic Seals11 March 1978
Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer (Vienna Convention)22 September 1988
Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-Making and Access to Justice regarding Environmental Matters (Aarhus Convention)30 October 2001
Convention on Biological Diversity29 December 1993
Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (Bonn Convention)01 November 1983
Convention on Environmental Impact Assessment in a Transboundary Context (Espoo Convention)10 September 1997
Convention on Fishing and Conservation of Living Resources of the High Seas20 March 1966
Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution (Geneva Convention)16 March 1983
Convention on the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living resources (Canberra Convention)07 April 1982
Convention on the International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Flora and Fauna (CITES)01 July 1975
Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPS)Not yet in force
Convention on the Prevention of Marine Pollution by Dumping Wastes and Other Matter (London Convention)30 August 1975
Convention on the Prohibition of Military or Any Other Hostile Use of Environmental Modification Techniques05 October 1978
Convention on Wetlands of International Importance Especially as Waterfowl Habitat (Ramsar)21 December 1975
International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling10 November 1948
International Tropical Timber Agreement, 198301 April 1985
International tropical Timber Agreement, 199401 January 1997
Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (Kyoto Protocol)Not yet in force
Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer (Montreal Protocol)01 January 1989
Protocol of 1978 Relating to the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships, 1973 (MARPOL)02 October 1983
Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty14 January 1998
Protocol to the 1979 Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution Concerning the Control of Emissions of Nitrogen Oxides or Their Transboundary Fluxes14 February 1991
Protocol to the 1979 Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution Concerning the Control of Emissions of Volatile Organic Compounds or Their Transboundary Fluxes29 September 1997
Protocol to the 1979 Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution on Further Reduction of Sulfur Emissions05 August 1998
Protocol to the 1979 Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution on Persistent Organic PollutantsNot yet in force
Protocol to the 1979 Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution on the Reduction of Sulfur Emissions or Their Transboundary Fluxes by at least 30%02 September 1987
Treaty Banning Nuclear Weapon Tests in the Atmosphere, in Outer Space, Under Water10 October 1963
United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (LOS)16 November 1994
United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification in Those Countries Experiencing Serious Drought and/or Desertification Particularly Africa (CCD Convention)26 December 1996
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change21 March 1994