Interlinkages
MEAs by Thematic Clusters
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Air:
Geneva Convention on Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution (CLRTAP)(1979)
Biotechnology:
Cartagena Biosafety Protocol (2000) to the Rio Convention on Biological Diversity (1992)
Chemicals:
PIC Rotterdam Convention on Prior Informed Consent (1998)
POP Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (2001)
Minamata Convention on Mercury (2013)
Civil Protection and Environmental Accidents:
Helsinki Convention on Industrial Accidents (1992)
Barcelona Convention (1976) as amended and its protocols
Helsinki Convention on the Baltic Sea (1992)
OSPAR Convention (1992)
Bonn Agreement (1983)
Lisbon Agreement (1990)
Bucharest Convention on the Protection of the Black Sea Against Pollution (1992)
Climate Change and Ozone Depletion:
UNFCCC Framework Convention on Climate Change (1992)
Kyoto Protocol (1997)
Paris Agreement (2015)
Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer (1985)
Montreal Protocol (1987) as amended
Governance:
Aarhus Convention (1998) on access to information
Espoo Convention on Environmental Impact Assessment (1991)
Industry:
Helsinki Convention on Industrial Accidents (1992)
Land use:
Alpine Convention (1991)
and its protocols
Nature and biodiversity:
CBD Convention on Biological Diversity (1992)
Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (2003)
Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of the Benefits arising from their Utilization (2010)
Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES Convention) (1973)
Bonn CMS Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species (1979)
Agreement on the conservation of African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds (AEWA-CMS) (1995)
Bern Convention on European Wildlife and Habitats (1979)
Convention for the protection of Vertebrate Animals used for Experimental and other Scientific Purposes (1986)
International Tropical Timber Agreement (ITTA) (1994)
Alpine Convention (1991)
and its protocols
Ramsar Convention on Wetlands of International Importance (1971)
Agreement on the Protection and Sustainable Development of the Prespa Park Area (2010)
CAMLR
Convention for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (1980)
Soil:
UNCCD Convention to Combat Desertification in Africa (1994)
Waste:
Basel Convention on hazardous wastes (1989)
Water:
Helsinki Convention on Watercourses and International Lakes (1992)
Danube river basin convention (1987)
Rhine river basin convention (1999)
Barcelona Convention (1976) as amended and its protocols
OSPAR Convention (1992)
Bonn Agreement (1983)
Helsinki Convention on the Baltic Sea (1992)
Bucharest Convention on the Protection of the Black Sea Against Pollution (1992)
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