Convention (Location, Date/Revised)

Acronyms used

International

Convention on Plant Protection (….1951/revised 1979)

Ramsar Convention on Wetlands of International Importance especially as a Waterfowl Habitat (Ramsar, 1971/revised 1982)

RAMSAR

Convention on the Protection of World Cultural and Natural Heritage (…. 1972)

WCNH

Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Flora and Fauna (Washington, 1973)

CITES

Convention on the Law of the Sea (….. 1982)

Convention on the Protection of the Ozone Layer (Vienna, 1995)

Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movement of Hazardous Waste and their Disposal, (Basel, 1989)

Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer (Montreal, 1987)

MP

United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (New York, 1992)

UNFCCC

Convention on Biological Diversity (Rio, 1992)

CBD

United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification in those Countries Experiencing Serious Drought and/or Desertification, particularly in Africa, Paris, 1994

CCD

Regional/Restricted

Convention on the African Migratory Locust (…. 1962)

African Convention on the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (Algeriers, 1968)

Action Plan for the Environmentally Sound Management of the Common Zambezi River System (…. 1987)

ZACPLAN

Lusaka Agreement on Co-operative Enforcement Operations Directed at Illegal Trade in Wild Fauna and Flora, Lusaka, 1994