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Environment Multilateral Conventions

A. Conventions on horizontal aspects

Convention on Environmental Impact Assessment in a Transboudary Context (Espoo 1991)
http://www.unece.org/env/eia/about/eia_text.htm

Convention on Acces to Information, public Participation in Decision- making and Acces to Justice in Environmental Matters
http://www.unece.org/env/pp/treatytext.htm

Convention of the Transboundary Effects of Industrial Accidents http://www.unece.org/env/teia/text.htm

B. Conventions on biodiversity conservation

Convention concerning the protection of the world cultural and natural heritage
http://whc.unesco.org/archive/convention-en.pdf

The Convention on Biological Diversity
http://www.cbd.int/doc/legal/cbd-un-en.pdf

The Ramsar Convention on Wetlands
http://www.ramsar.org/key_conv_e.htm

Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of wild Fauna and Flora
http://www.cites.org/eng/disc/text.shtml

European Wildlife and Natural Habitats
http://conventions.coe.int/Treaty/en/Treaties/Word/104.doc

Convention on Migratory Species
http://www.cms.int

European Landscape Convention
http://conventions.coe.int/Treaty/EN/Treaties/Html/176.htm

The Agreement on the Conservation of Populations of European Bats
http://www.eurobats.org/documents/index.htm

African-Eurasian Waterbird Agreement
http://www.unep-aewa.org/documents/agreement_text/eng/pdf/aewa_agreement_text_2009_2012_complete.pdf

An Agreement on the Conservation of Cetaceaus of the Black Sea , Mediteranean Sea and Contiguous Atlantic Area
http://www.accobams.org/2006.php/pages/show/92

Protocol to the Antarctic Treaty on Environmental Protection
http://www.antarctica.ac.uk/about_antarctica/geopolitical/treaty/update_1991.php

The Convention on the Protection and Sustainable Development of the Carpathians
http://www.carpathianconvention.org/text.htm

C. Conventions on climate change and ozone layer protection

United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
http://unfccc.int/resource/docs/convkp/conveng.pdf

Vienna Convention on the Protection of the Ozone Layer http://ozone.unep.org/Publications/VC_Handbook/Section_1_The_Vienna_Convention/index.shtml

D. Conventions on water management and combating desertification

Convention on the Protection of the Black Sea Against Pollution
http://www.blacksea-commission.org/main.htm

Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboudary Watercourses and International Lakes
http://www.unece.org/env/water/text/text.htm

The Convention Danube River Protection Convention
http://www.icpdr.org/icpdr-pages/drpc.htm

United Nations Convention to combat desertification in those countries experiencing serious drought and/or desertification, particularly in Africa
http://www.unccd.int/convention/text/convention.php

International Convention on Oil Pollution Preparedness, Response and Co-operation
http://www.imo.org/Conventions/contents.asp?doc_id=678&topic_id=258

E. Conventions on waste management

Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal
http://www.basel.int/text/con-e-rev.pdf

F. Conventions on air quality

Convention on Long – range Transboundary Air Pollution
http://unece.org/env/lrtap/lrtap_h1.htm

G. Conventions on dangerous substances management

Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade
http://www.pic.int/en/ConventionText/ONU-GB.pdf

Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants
http://chm.pops.int/Portals/0/Repository/convention_text/UNEP-POPS-COP-CONVTEXT-FULL.English.PDF

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Environmental Conventions Bilateral Agreements Internationsl and European Institutions for environmental protection	Environment Multilateral Conventions A. Conventions on horizontal aspects Convention on Environmental Impact Assessment in a Transboudary Context (Espoo 1991) http://www.unece.org/env/eia/about/eia_text.htm Convention on Acces to Information, public Participation in Decision- making and Acces to Justice in Environmental Matters http://www.unece.org/env/pp/treatytext.htm Convention of the Transboundary Effects of Industrial Accidents http://www.unece.org/env/teia/text.htm B. Conventions on biodiversity conservation Convention concerning the protection of the world cultural and natural heritage http://whc.unesco.org/archive/convention-en.pdf The Convention on Biological Diversity http://www.cbd.int/doc/legal/cbd-un-en.pdf The Ramsar Convention on Wetlands http://www.ramsar.org/key_conv_e.htm Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of wild Fauna and Flora http://www.cites.org/eng/disc/text.shtml European Wildlife and Natural Habitats http://conventions.coe.int/Treaty/en/Treaties/Word/104.doc Convention on Migratory Species http://www.cms.int European Landscape Convention http://conventions.coe.int/Treaty/EN/Treaties/Html/176.htm The Agreement on the Conservation of Populations of European Bats http://www.eurobats.org/documents/index.htm African-Eurasian Waterbird Agreement http://www.unep-aewa.org/documents/agreement_text/eng/pdf/aewa_agreement_text_2009_2012_complete.pdf An Agreement on the Conservation of Cetaceaus of the Black Sea , Mediteranean Sea and Contiguous Atlantic Area http://www.accobams.org/2006.php/pages/show/92 Protocol to the Antarctic Treaty on Environmental Protection http://www.antarctica.ac.uk/about_antarctica/geopolitical/treaty/update_1991.php The Convention on the Protection and Sustainable Development of the Carpathians http://www.carpathianconvention.org/text.htm C. Conventions on climate change and ozone layer protection United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change http://unfccc.int/resource/docs/convkp/conveng.pdf Vienna Convention on the Protection of the Ozone Layer http://ozone.unep.org/Publications/VC_Handbook/Section_1_The_Vienna_Convention/index.shtml D. Conventions on water management and combating desertification Convention on the Protection of the Black Sea Against Pollution http://www.blacksea-commission.org/main.htm Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboudary Watercourses and International Lakes http://www.unece.org/env/water/text/text.htm The Convention Danube River Protection Convention http://www.icpdr.org/icpdr-pages/drpc.htm United Nations Convention to combat desertification in those countries experiencing serious drought and/or desertification, particularly in Africa http://www.unccd.int/convention/text/convention.php International Convention on Oil Pollution Preparedness, Response and Co-operation http://www.imo.org/Conventions/contents.asp?doc_id=678&topic_id=258 E. Conventions on waste management Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal http://www.basel.int/text/con-e-rev.pdf F. Conventions on air quality Convention on Long – range Transboundary Air Pollution http://unece.org/env/lrtap/lrtap_h1.htm G. Conventions on dangerous substances management Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade http://www.pic.int/en/ConventionText/ONU-GB.pdf Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants http://chm.pops.int/Portals/0/Repository/convention_text/UNEP-POPS-COP-CONVTEXT-FULL.English.PDF
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