Environmental agreements
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There are numerous international environmental agreements made to protect the environment in different ways. One of the most well-known is the
Kyoto protocol
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International environmental agreements include:
Antarctic Treaty
Basel Convention
Convention on Biological Diversity
Convention on Fishing and Conservation of Living Resources of the High Seas
Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution
Convention on the International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Flora and Fauna
Convention on the Prevention of Marine Pollution by Dumping Wastes and Other Matter
Convention on Wetlands of International Importance Especially As Waterfowl Habitat
Convention on the Prohibition of Military or Any Other Hostile Use of Environmental Modification Techniques
International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution From Ships
International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling
International Tropical Timber Agreement, 1983
(expired)
International Tropical Timber Agreement, 1994
Kyoto Protocol
Montreal Protocol on Substances That Deplete the Ozone Layer
Nitrogen Oxide Protocol
POP Air Pollution Protocol
Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty
Sulphur Emissions Reduction Protocol
Treaty Banning Nuclear Weapon Tests in the Atmosphere, in Outer Space, and Under Water
United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea
United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
Volatile Organic Compounds Protocol
See also:
Environmental organizations
International environmental law