Environment inc. Animal Welfare, Biological Diversity, Climate Change, Pollution, Wildlife

Amendment to the Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-Making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters

Explanatory Memorandum

Presented to Parliament:  September 2008

International Tropical Timber Agreement, 2006

Presented to Parliament: June 2005

Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-Making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters  
 
Presented to Parliament: June 2005

Explanatory Memorandum 

Presented to Parliament: January 2005

European Landscape Convention 

Presented to Parliament: January 2005

Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade   

Presented to Parliament: November 2004

 

Biological Diversity


Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety to the Convention on Biological Diversity 

Presented to Parliament: April 2004

New Revised Text of the International Plant Protection Convention 

Explanatory Memorandum 

Presented to Parliament: September 2003

International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture 
 
Explanatory Memorandum 

Presented to Parliament: July 2003
 
Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment of the North-East Atlantic 1992. New Annex V on the Protection and Conservation of the Ecosystems and Biological Diversity of the Maritime Area, and a related Appendix 

Presented to Parliament: June 2001
 
International Convention for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants of 2 December 1961 as Revised at Geneva on 10 November 1972, on 23 October 1978 and on 19 March 1991 [Pt 1 of 2] 
 
Presented to Parliament: February 2001
 
[Pt 2 of 2] 

 


Climate Change


Amendments to the Convention establishing the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts and the Protocol on the Privileges and Immunities of the Centre 
 
Explanatory Memorandum 

Presented to Parliament: June 2006

Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change

Explanatory Memorandum 

Presented to Parliament: March 2005

Amendments to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer 

Presented to Parliament: December 2002

Amendment to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that deplete the Ozone Layer Adopted at the Eleventh Meeting of the Parties held in Beijing 29 November – 3 December 1999 
 
Presented to Parliament: September 2002

Amendment to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that deplete the Ozone Layer 

Presented to Parliament: September 2002

 


Pollution

Protocol on Pollutant Release and Transfer Registers

Explanatory Memorandum

Presented to Parliament: August 2008

Protocol to the 1979 Convention on Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution to Abate Acidification, Eutrophication and Ground-level Ozone 
 
Explanatory Memorandum 

Presented to Parliament: June 2006
 
Protocol to the 1979 Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution on Persistent Organic Pollutants 
 
Explanatory Memorandum 

Presented to Parliament: March 2006

Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants 
 
Explanatory Memorandum 

Presented to Parliament: June 2005

Protocol of 2003 to the International Convention for the Establishment of an International Fund for Compensation for Oil Pollution Damage, 1992 

Explanatory Memorandum 

Presented to Parliament: June 2004

Protocol to the 1979 Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution on Heavy Metals 

Explanatory Memorandum 

Presented to Parliament: July 2003

Convention on the Transboundary Effects of Industrial Accidents 

Presented to Parliament: February 2003

Decision concerning Amendments to the Agreement for Co-operation in dealing with Pollution of the North Sea by Oil and other Harmful Substances, 1983 

Presented to Parliament: October 2000
 
Amendment to Annex I and Adoption of Annexes VIII and IX to the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal 

Presented to Parliament: October 2000

Exchange of Notes amending Agreement on Commissions established by the Convention for the Prevention of Marine Pollution by Dumping from Ships and Aircraft 1972 and the Convention for the Prevention of Marine Pollution from Land-based Sources 1974 

Presented to Parliament: March 2000
 
International Convention on Oil Pollution Preparedness, Response Co-operation 
 
Presented to Parliament: December 1999
 
Protocol to the 1979 Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution concerning the Control of Emissions of Volatile Organic Compounds or their Transboundary Fluxes [Pt 1 of 3] 

Presented to Parliament: November 1999

[Pt 2 of 3]  

[Pt 3 of 3]  

1996 Amendments to the Annex to the Protocol Relating to Intervention on High Seas in Cases of Pollution by Substances other than Oil, 1973 
 
Presented to Parliament: August 1999
 
Agreement for Co-operation in dealing with Pollution of the North Sea by Oil and Other Harmful Substances  
 
Presented to Parliament: July 1999
 
1997 Amendments to the Annex of the Protocol of 1978 relating to the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships, 1973 
 
Presented to Parliament: July 1999
 
Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment of the North-East Atlantic [Pt 1 of 2] 

Presented to Parliament: March 1999
 
[Pt 2 of 2] 
 

Agreement Relating to the Commission established by the Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment in the North-East Atlantic 1992 [Pt 1 of 2] 

Presented to Parliament: February 1999
 
[Pt 2 of 2] 
 
Adjustments to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that deplete the Ozone Layer (Adopted at the Ninth Meeting of the Parties held at Montreal 15-17 September 1997) 
 
Presented to Parliament: September 1998

 

 
Wildlife


Protocol of Amendment to the European Convention for the Protection of Vertebrate Animals used for Experimental and Other Purposes 
 
Presented to Parliament: October 2006
 
Agreement on the Conservation of Albatrosses and Petrels 

Explanatory Memorandum 

Revised Explanatory Memorandum 

Presented to Parliament: September 2004

Amendment to the Agreement on the Conservation of Populations of European Bats 

Presented to Parliament: December 2003

Agreement on the Conservation of African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds 

Presented to Parliament: March 2003

Amendment to the Agreement on the Conservation of Bats in Europe signed at London on 4 December 1991 
 
Presented to Parliament: February 2002
 
International Convention for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas, done at Rio de Janeiro on 14 May 1966, with related Protocol, done at Paris on 10 July 1984 
 
Presented to Parliament: June 2001

European Convention for the Protection of Vertebrate Animals used for Experimental and other Scientific Purposes [Pt 1 of 2] 

Presented to Parliament: November 2000

[Pt 2 of 2] 
 
Amendments to Appendix II of the Convention on the Conservation of European Wildlife and Natural Habitats, done at Berne on 19 September 1979 
 
Presented to Parliament: December 1999

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