Support to the Acceptance and Implementation of Multilateral Environmental Agreements in South Eastern Europe Links to Relevant Resources on the Internet

This page collects links to international organisations, global agreements, and regional/sub-regional agreements: International Organisations United Nations Development Programme United Nations Environment Programme United Nations Economic Commission for Europe European Environment Agency IUCN-The World Conservation Union   Global Agreements Convention on Wetlands of International Importance especially as Waterfowl Habitat (Ramsar), Ramsar 1971 Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), Washington 1973 Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS), Bonn 1979 Vienna Convention for the Protection of Ozone Layer (Ozone), Vienna 1989 Basel Convention on the Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal (Basel), Basel 1989 United NationsFramework Convention on Climate Change (FCCC), New York 1992 Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), Nairobi 1992 United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification in those Countries Experiencing Serious Drought and/or Desertification, Particularly in Africa (CCD), Paris 1994    Regional and Sub-regional Agreements Agreement Concerning the International Commission for the Protection of the Rhine Against Pollution, Bern 1963 Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment and the Coastal Region of the Mediterranean Mediterranean Action Programme (MAP), Barcelona 1976 (amended 1995) Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution (LRTAP), Geneva 1979 Convention on Environmental Impact Assessment in a Transboundary Context (Espoo), Espoo 1991 Convention on the Protection of the Marine Environment of the Baltic Sea Area, Helsinki 1992 Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment of the North-east Atlantic, Paris 1992 Convention on the Protection of the Black Sea Against Pollution,  Bucharest 1992 Convention on the Transboundary Effects of Industrial Accidents, 2000 Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters (Aarhus convention), Aarhus 1998  Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes, Helsinki 1992

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