TABLE OF CONTENTS - PART ONE

I BASIC INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTS

      1. The Rio Declaration on Environment and Development, 1992
      2. The Hague Declaration on the Environment, 1989
      3. Declaration of the UN Conference on the Human Environment, 1972
      4. Declaration on the Permanent Sovereignty Resources, 1962
      5. World Charter for Nature, 1982

II RESOURCE CONSERVATION
    1. Marine & Ocean Resources
      1. Agreement Relating to the Implementation of Part XI of the United Nations Conventions on the Law of the Sea of 10 December 1982
      2. Agreement to Promote Compliance with International Conservation and Management Measures by Fishing Vessels on the High Seas, 1993
      3. Protocol for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts against the Safety of Fixed Plat forms Located on the Continental Shelf, 1988
      4. United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, 1982
      5. Agreement Concerning Interim Arrangements Relating to Polymetallic Nodules of the Deep Sea Bed, 1982
      6. International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling, 1946
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    2. Antarctica and its Resources
      1. Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty, 1991
      2. Convention on the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources, 1980
      3. Convention for Conservation of Antarctic Seals, 1972
      4. Agreed Measures for Conservation of Antarctic Fauna and Flora, 1964
      5. The Antarctic Treaty, 1959
      6. Convention on the Regulation of Antarctic Mineral Resource Activities, 1988
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    3. Biological Diversity
      1. Convention on Biological Diversity, 1992
      2. Protocol to Amend the Convention on Wetlands of International Importance Especially as Waterfowl Habitat, 1982
      3. World Charter for Nature, 1982
      4. Non-Legally Binding Authoritative Statement of Principles for a Global Consensus on the Management, Conservation and Sustainable Development of all Types of Forests, 1992
      5. Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals, 1979(with Appendices as Amended 1985, 1988)
      6. Agreement on Conservation of Polar Bears, 1973
      7. Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, 1973
      8. Convention for Protocol of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage, 1972
      9. Convention on Wetlands of International Importance Especially as Waterfowl Habitat (Ramsar), 1971
      10. International Plant Protection Convention,1951
      11. International Convention for the Protection of Birds,1950
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    4. Desertification
      1. UN Convention to Combat Desertification in those Countries Experiencing Serious Drought and/or Desertification, Particularly in Africa, 1994
      2. UN Conference on Desertification (UNCOD) Plan of Action to Combat Desertification and General Assembly Resolution, 1977
    5. ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION
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    1. Deforestation
      1. International Tropical Timber Agreement, 1994
      2. International Tropical Timber Agreement, 1983
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    2. Ozone Depletion
      1. Amendment to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer Copenhagen, 1992
      2. Adjustments and Amendments to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer, 1990
      3. Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer (Montreal), 1987
    3. Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer, 1985
    4. Climate Change
      1. Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, 1997
      2. United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, 1992
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