Sustainable Development Conventions and Treaties |
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Ministry of Environment & Forests (MoEF) - Conventions & Treaties |
· Convention on Biological Diversity
· Convention to Combat Desertification
· Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs)
(Signed in May, 2002 but to be ratified by India )
Full Text of the Convention
· Prior Informed Consent (PIC), Rotterdam Convention
(For certain Hazardous Chemicals in International Trade)
(Ratified on 24th May, 2005 )
Full Text of the Convention
· Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety
India has ratified it on January 17, 2003 . [ html ], [ pdf ], and [ word ].
Full text of the Protocol [ html ], [ pdf ], and [ word ].
· The Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes
· Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
· Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)
· Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES)
· United Nations Conference on the Human Environment
· United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED)
· Framework Convention on Climate Change (FCCC)
· Convention Secretariats of the UNEP