Law Flashcards
(12 cards)
London Convention
relative to the preservation of fauna and flora in their natural state
(London/UK; 1933/no longer in force) [Global
Ramsar
Convention;
Convention on wetlands of international importance especially as waterfowl habitat ( Ramsar
Convention; Ramsar/India, 1971/R1975) [Global
1972 Stockholm Declaration
on the Human Environment (Stockholm/Sweden, 1972 – 1st Earth
summit) [protection – later (not to know): Nairobi 1982; Rio 1992; Johannesburg 2002; Rio
(+20) 2012)] [Global]
CITES
Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Flora and Fauna (CITES;
Washington/USA, 1973/R1975) [Global
Brundlandt comission
WCED/Brundtland Commission 1987: Report ‘Our Common Future’. [No legal status
Rio convention
Rio convention on environment & Development 1992 (3rd Earth summit) [Global
Bio diversity convention
Convention on the conservation of biological diversity (Biodiversity Convention; Rio de Janeiro,
1992/R1993) [Global
UNFCC
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC; 1992/R1994) [Global]
Kyoto protocol
Kyoto protocol to the UNFCCC (1997/R2005 – UNFCCC/COP3) [Global]
AArhus convention
Aarhus Convention on access to information, public participation in decision-making and
access to justice in environmental issues in the EU (Aarhus, 1998) [International]
Nagoya protocol
Nagoya protocol on access to genetic resources and the fair and equitable sharing of benefits
arising from their utilization (to the convention on biological diversity (Nagoya protocol on
access and benefit sharing; Nagoya, 2010/R2014) [Global]
Paris Agreement
Paris agreement 2015 (UNFCCC/COP21) [Global]