Yearbook of International Cooperation on Environment and Development 2002-03
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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

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright page
  4. Acknowledgements
  5. Advisory Panel to the Yearbook
  6. Foreword
  7. Contents
  8. Contributors to this Yearbook
  9. Introduction
  10. CURRENT ISSUES AND KEY THEMES
  11. The Johannesburg Summit and Sustainable Development: How Effective Are Environmental Mega-Conferences?
  12. The Global Climate Change Regime: Taking Stock and Looking Ahead
  13. Environmental Protection in the South Pacific: The Effectiveness of SPREP and its Conventions
  14. The Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty: A Ten-Year Review
  15. The Ramsar Convention on Wetlands: Has it Made a Difference?
  16. Friends of the Earth International
  17. AGREEMENTS ON ENVIRONMENT AND DEVELOPMENT
  18. Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision Making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters (Århus Convention), Århus, 1998
  19. Convention on Environmental Impact Assessment in a Transboundary Context (Espoo Convention), Espoo, 1991
  20. Annex 16, vol. II (Environmental Protection: Aircraft Engine Emissions) to the 1944 Chicago Convention on International Civil Aviation, Montreal, 1981
  21. Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution (LRTAP), Geneva, 1979
  22. United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), New York, 1992
  23. Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer, Vienna, 1985, including the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer, Montreal, 1987
  24. 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
  25. Convention on Civil Liability for Damage Caused during Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Road, Rail, and Inland Navigation Vessels (CRTD), Geneva, 1989
  26. Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal (Basel Convention), Basel, 1989
  27. Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade (Rotterdam Convention on PIC), Rotterdam, 1998
  28. Convention on the Transboundary Effects of Industrial Accidents, Helsinki, 1992
  29. 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
  30. European Agreement Concerning the International Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Inland Waterways (ADN), Geneva, 2000
  31. European Agreement Concerning the International Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Road (ADR), Geneva, 1957
  32. FAO International Code of Conduct on the Distribution and Use of Pesticides, Rome, 1985
  33. Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (Stockholm Convention on POPs), Stockholm, 2001
  34. Convention on the Prevention of Marine Pollution by Dumping of Wastes and Other Matter (London Convention 1972), London, 1972
  35. 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
  36. International Convention on Civil Liability for Bunker Oil Pollution Damage, 2001 (Bunkers Convention), London, 2001
  37. International Convention on Civil Liability for Oil Pollution Damage 1969 (1969 CLC), Brussels, 1969, 1976, and 1984
  38. International Convention on the Establishment of an International Fund for Compensation for Oil Pollution Damage 1992 (1992 Fund Convention), London, 1992
  39. International Convention on Liability and Compensation for Damage in Connection with the Carriage of Hazardous and Noxious Substances by Sea (HNS), London 1996
  40. International Convention on Oil Pollution Preparedness, Response, and Co-operation (OPRC), London, 1990
  41. International Convention Relating to Intervention on the High Seas in Cases of Oil Pollution Casualties (Intervention Convention), Brussels, 1969
  42. United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (LOS Convention), Montego Bay, 1982
  43. Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment of the North-East Atlantic (OSPAR Convention), Paris, 1992
  44. Convention on the Protection of the Marine Environment of the Baltic Sea Area (1992 Helsinki Convention), Helsinki, 1992
  45. Conventions within the UNEP Regional Seas Programme
  46. Convention on the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR), Canberra, 1980
  47. International Convention for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT), Rio de Janeiro, 1966
  48. International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling (ICRW), Washington, 1946
  49. Antarctic Treaty, Washington, DC, 1959
  50. Convention Concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage (World Heritage Convention), Paris, 1972
  51. Convention on Biological Diversity (GBD), Nairobi, 1992
  52. Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS), Bonn, 1979
  53. Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), Washington, DC, 1973
  54. Convention on Wetlands of International Importance especially as Waterfowl Habitat (Ramsar Convention), Ramsar, 1971
  55. Convention to Combat Desertification (CCD), Paris, 1994
  56. FAO International Undertaking on Plant Genetic Resources, Rome, 1983
  57. International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (TTPGRFA), Rome, 2001
  58. International Tropical Timber Agreement, 1994 (TTTA, 1994), Geneva, 1994
  59. Convention on Assistance in the Case of a Nuclear Accident or Radiological Emergency (Assistance Convention), Vienna, 1986
  60. Convention on Early Notification of a Nuclear Accident (Notification Convention), Vienna, 1986
  61. Convention on Nuclear Safety, Vienna, 1994
  62. Vienna Convention on Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage, Vienna, 1963
  63. Convention oathe Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes (ECE Water Convention), Helsinki, 1992
  64. Tables of Agreements and Degrees of Participation, by Country
  65. INTERGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS (IGOs)
  66. Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD)
  67. European Union (EU): Environment
  68. Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)
  69. Global Environment Facility (GEF)
  70. International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
  71. International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES)
  72. International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)
  73. International Labour Organization (ILO)
  74. International Maritime Organization (IMO)
  75. International Monetary Fund (IMF)
  76. International Oil Pollution Compensation Funds (IOPC Funds)
  77. Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), Environment Policy Committee (EPOC)
  78. United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)
  79. United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
  80. United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
  81. United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
  82. United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO)
  83. United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)
  84. World Bank
  85. World Food Programme (WFP)
  86. World Health Organization (WHO)
  87. World Meteorological Organization (WMO)
  88. World Trade Organization (WTO)
  89. NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS (NGOs)
  90. Basel Action Network (BAN)
  91. Climate Action Network (CAN)
  92. Consumers International (CI)
  93. Earth Council
  94. Earthwatch Institute
  95. Environmental liaison Centre International (ELCI)
  96. European Environmental Bureau (EEB)
  97. Forest Stewardship Council (FSC)
  98. Friends of the Earth International (FoEI)
  99. Greenpeace International
  100. International Chamber of Commerce (ICC)
  101. International Confederation of Free Trade Unions (ICFTU)
  102. International Organization for Standardization (ISO)
  103. International Solar Energy Society (ISES)
  104. IUCN - The World Conservation Union
  105. Pesticide Action Network (PAN)
  106. Sierra Club
  107. Society for International Development (SID)
  108. Third World Network (TWN)
  109. Water Environment Federation (WEF)
  110. Women's Environment and Development Organization (WEDO)
  111. World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD)
  112. World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF)
  113. Other NGO Networks, Instruments, and Resources
  114. Tables of International Organizations and Degrees of Participation, by Country and Territory
  115. Index