International Conventions And Declarations

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Brazzaville Declaration

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Conservation of worlds largest tropical peatlands – Cuvette Central region in Congo

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Vienna Convention of 1988

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Ozone Layer protection

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Ramsar Convention of 1971

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Wetlands conservation

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Kyoto Protocol of 1992

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Reduce GHG emission

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Cartagena Protocol of 2000

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Biosafety - Living Modified Organisms

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Nagoya Protocol of 2010

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Access to Genetic resources and Fair and Equitable sharing of Benefits

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Minamata Convention

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Mercury pollution
Signed in 2013 and entered into force on 2017

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Bonn Convention 1979

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Conservation of Migratory Species

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Stockholm Convention - 2001

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Persistent Organic Pollutants

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Rotterdam Convention of 1998

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Prior informed consent for Trade of hazardous chemicals

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Basel Convention of 1989

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Control of transboundary movements of hazardous wastes

Radioactive waste not included

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Marpol Convention

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Prevention of pollution from ships

International Maritime Organisation – adopted in 1973

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UNCLOS

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1982– legal framework for governance of oceans and seas

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Hong Kong Convention

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Adopted by IMO in 2009 – comes into force in 2025
- safe and environmentally sound recycling of ships

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Gandhinagar Declaration

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Importance of migratory species

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St. Petersburg Declaration

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Doubling tiger population

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Convention on Biodiversity was opened for signature in

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Earth Summit in Rio de Janerio, 1992

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International Seed Treaty

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Sustainable use of world’s plant genetic resources for food and agriculture (PGRFA)

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Clean development mechanism is associated with

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Kyoto Protocol

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Certified Emissions Reduction associated with

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Kyoto Protocol

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Annex I countries associated with

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Kyoto Protocol

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Sharm El Sheikh declaration

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Global biodiversity framework to achieve 2050 vision for biodiversity

New Deal for Nature

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United for Biodiversity launched by

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European Commission

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Man and Biosphere Programme started by

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UNESCO in 1971

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Biodiversity Finance Initiative launched by

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UNDP in 2012

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Bishkek Declaration

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Securing snow leopard landscape

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London Convention of 1972

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Convention on the Dumping of Wastes at Sea

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Institutions under UNCLOS

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1. International Tribunal for Law of Sea
2. International Sea Bed Authority
3. Commission on the limits of Continental Shelf

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MARPOL Treaty

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International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships

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Ballast Water Management Convention

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IMO Convention to prevent spread of harmful aquatic organisms

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Bunker Convention

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Adequate and effective compensation for damages caused by oil spills

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Institutions formed under Earth Summit of 1992

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UNCCD
UNFCCC
CBD

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New Delhi Declaration

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Land degradation neutrality by 2030

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Faith for Earth initiative launched by

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UNEP

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UN Conference on Human Environment, 1972 also known as

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Stockholm Conference
Emergence of international environmental law

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Documents framed in 1992 Earth Summit

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1. Rio Declaration
2. Agenda 21
3. Forest Principles

Non binding

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Legally binding agreements of Rio Summit, 1992

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CBD, UNFCCC, UNCCD