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Important Conventions and protocols for environment conservation
Important Conventions and protocols for environment conservation
The following are the important conventions and protocols:
- Ramasar Convention (1971) for Wetland Conservation
- Stockholm Convention( 1972) for Persistent Organic Pollutants(POP)
- CITES(1973)-Convention on International Trade in endangered species of wild flora and Fauna
- CMS(1979)-Convention on Migratory Species, also known as Bonn convention
- Nairobi Declaration(1982)- Sustainable development
- Vienna Convention(1982-Ozone layer
- Montreal Protocol( CFC ban)
- Kigali agreement(HFC reduction)
- Earth Summit-1992
- CBD Convention on Biological Diversity
- Cartagena Protocol on BioSafety
- Nagoya Protocol on Biopiracy or fair & equitable sharing of bioproducts
- UNFCC-United Nations framework convention on climate change -for climate change
- UNCCD-United Nations convention to combat desertification
- UNCED-United Nations Conference on Environment and development
- Agenda-21 for sustainable development
- Rotterdam conventions(1998) for responsibility related to chemical hazardous
- Minamata Convention (2013) for Mercury led disease
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