
Yearbook of International Cooperation on Environment and Development 2002-03
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Yearbook of International Cooperation on Environment and Development 2002-03
About this book
'An important tool for researchers and decision-makers alike'
Gro Harlem Brundtland, Director-General, World Health Organization (WHO)
'An invaluable source for everyone who needs to be up-to-date on international efforts to solve global environmental challenges. Unique in its presentations of the interrelationship between treaties, IGO, NGOs and governments'
Jonathan Lash, President, World Resources Institute (WRI)
The essential reference to all the rapidly multiplying international agreements on environment and development issues. This ninth annual edition of the Yearbook demonstrates the international community's position on specific environment and development problems, the main obstacles to effective international solutions, and how to overcome them. It assesses both the achievements and shortcomings of co-operation, distinguishing between the rhetoric and the reality of environment world politics.
Contents
* Current Issues and Key Themes
* Agreements on Environment and Development
Systematically listed key data and illustrations concerning the most important international agreements presented on the basis of information from the organizations in question and other sources, covering such matters as:
objectives? scope? time and place of establishment? status of participation? affiliated instruments and organizations? major activities? secretariat? finance? rules and standards? monitoring and implementation? decision-making bodies? key publications? Internet sources.
This edition includes the new International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture.
* Intergovernmental Organizations (IGOs), including UN specialized agencies
objectives? type of organization? membership? date of establishment? secretariat? activities? decision-making bodies? finance? key publications? Internet sources.
* International Non-governmental Organizations (NGOs)
* objectives? type of organization? membership? date of establishment? secretariat? activities? budget? key publications? Internet sources.
Originally published in 2002
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright page
- Acknowledgements
- Advisory Panel to the Yearbook
- Foreword
- Contents
- Contributors to this Yearbook
- Introduction
- CURRENT ISSUES AND KEY THEMES
- The Johannesburg Summit and Sustainable Development: How Effective Are Environmental Mega-Conferences?
- The Global Climate Change Regime: Taking Stock and Looking Ahead
- Environmental Protection in the South Pacific: The Effectiveness of SPREP and its Conventions
- The Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty: A Ten-Year Review
- The Ramsar Convention on Wetlands: Has it Made a Difference?
- Friends of the Earth International
- AGREEMENTS ON ENVIRONMENT AND DEVELOPMENT
- Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision Making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters (Århus Convention), Århus, 1998
- Convention on Environmental Impact Assessment in a Transboundary Context (Espoo Convention), Espoo, 1991
- Annex 16, vol. II (Environmental Protection: Aircraft Engine Emissions) to the 1944 Chicago Convention on International Civil Aviation, Montreal, 1981
- Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution (LRTAP), Geneva, 1979
- United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), New York, 1992
- Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer, Vienna, 1985, including the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer, Montreal, 1987
- Convention on the Ban of the Import into Africa and the Control of Transboundary Movements and Management of Hazardous Wastes within Africa (Bamako Convention), Bamako, 1991
- Convention on Civil Liability for Damage Caused during Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Road, Rail, and Inland Navigation Vessels (CRTD), Geneva, 1989
- Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal (Basel Convention), Basel, 1989
- Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade (Rotterdam Convention on PIC), Rotterdam, 1998
- Convention on the Transboundary Effects of Industrial Accidents, Helsinki, 1992
- Convention to Ban the Importation into Forum Island Countries of Hazardous and Radioactive Wastes and to Control the Transboundary Movement and Management of Hazardous Wastes within the South Pacific Region (Waigani Convention), Waigani, 1995
- European Agreement Concerning the International Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Inland Waterways (ADN), Geneva, 2000
- European Agreement Concerning the International Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Road (ADR), Geneva, 1957
- FAO International Code of Conduct on the Distribution and Use of Pesticides, Rome, 1985
- Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (Stockholm Convention on POPs), Stockholm, 2001
- Convention on the Prevention of Marine Pollution by Dumping of Wastes and Other Matter (London Convention 1972), London, 1972
- International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships, 1973, as modified by the Protocol of 1978 relating thereto (MARPOL 73/78), London, 1973 and 1978
- International Convention on Civil Liability for Bunker Oil Pollution Damage, 2001 (Bunkers Convention), London, 2001
- International Convention on Civil Liability for Oil Pollution Damage 1969 (1969 CLC), Brussels, 1969, 1976, and 1984
- International Convention on the Establishment of an International Fund for Compensation for Oil Pollution Damage 1992 (1992 Fund Convention), London, 1992
- International Convention on Liability and Compensation for Damage in Connection with the Carriage of Hazardous and Noxious Substances by Sea (HNS), London 1996
- International Convention on Oil Pollution Preparedness, Response, and Co-operation (OPRC), London, 1990
- International Convention Relating to Intervention on the High Seas in Cases of Oil Pollution Casualties (Intervention Convention), Brussels, 1969
- United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (LOS Convention), Montego Bay, 1982
- Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment of the North-East Atlantic (OSPAR Convention), Paris, 1992
- Convention on the Protection of the Marine Environment of the Baltic Sea Area (1992 Helsinki Convention), Helsinki, 1992
- Conventions within the UNEP Regional Seas Programme
- Convention on the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR), Canberra, 1980
- International Convention for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT), Rio de Janeiro, 1966
- International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling (ICRW), Washington, 1946
- Antarctic Treaty, Washington, DC, 1959
- Convention Concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage (World Heritage Convention), Paris, 1972
- Convention on Biological Diversity (GBD), Nairobi, 1992
- Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS), Bonn, 1979
- Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), Washington, DC, 1973
- Convention on Wetlands of International Importance especially as Waterfowl Habitat (Ramsar Convention), Ramsar, 1971
- Convention to Combat Desertification (CCD), Paris, 1994
- FAO International Undertaking on Plant Genetic Resources, Rome, 1983
- International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (TTPGRFA), Rome, 2001
- International Tropical Timber Agreement, 1994 (TTTA, 1994), Geneva, 1994
- Convention on Assistance in the Case of a Nuclear Accident or Radiological Emergency (Assistance Convention), Vienna, 1986
- Convention on Early Notification of a Nuclear Accident (Notification Convention), Vienna, 1986
- Convention on Nuclear Safety, Vienna, 1994
- Vienna Convention on Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage, Vienna, 1963
- Convention oathe Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes (ECE Water Convention), Helsinki, 1992
- Tables of Agreements and Degrees of Participation, by Country
- INTERGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS (IGOs)
- Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD)
- European Union (EU): Environment
- Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)
- Global Environment Facility (GEF)
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES)
- International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)
- International Labour Organization (ILO)
- International Maritime Organization (IMO)
- International Monetary Fund (IMF)
- International Oil Pollution Compensation Funds (IOPC Funds)
- Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), Environment Policy Committee (EPOC)
- United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)
- United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
- United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
- United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
- United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO)
- United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)
- World Bank
- World Food Programme (WFP)
- World Health Organization (WHO)
- World Meteorological Organization (WMO)
- World Trade Organization (WTO)
- NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS (NGOs)
- Basel Action Network (BAN)
- Climate Action Network (CAN)
- Consumers International (CI)
- Earth Council
- Earthwatch Institute
- Environmental liaison Centre International (ELCI)
- European Environmental Bureau (EEB)
- Forest Stewardship Council (FSC)
- Friends of the Earth International (FoEI)
- Greenpeace International
- International Chamber of Commerce (ICC)
- International Confederation of Free Trade Unions (ICFTU)
- International Organization for Standardization (ISO)
- International Solar Energy Society (ISES)
- IUCN - The World Conservation Union
- Pesticide Action Network (PAN)
- Sierra Club
- Society for International Development (SID)
- Third World Network (TWN)
- Water Environment Federation (WEF)
- Women's Environment and Development Organization (WEDO)
- World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD)
- World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF)
- Other NGO Networks, Instruments, and Resources
- Tables of International Organizations and Degrees of Participation, by Country and Territory
- Index