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ITEM ID     : CI WOFACT APP-D
DATE        : Oct 28, 1994
 
AGENCY      : CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
PROGRAM     : WORLD FACTBOOK
TITLE       : Appendix D: Abbreviations for Selected International Environmental
 
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End year        : 1994
Date of record  : 19941020
 
6 April 1994
 
     Appendix D:  Abbreviations for Selected International Environmental
                  Agreements
 
A  Air Pollution
     Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution
   Air Pollution-Nitrogen Oxides
     Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution (Nitrogen
     Oxides Protocol)
   Air Pollution-Sulphur
     Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution (Sulphur
     Protocol)
   Air Pollution-Volatile Organic Compounds
     Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution (Volatile Organic
     Compounds Protocol)
   Antarctic-Environmental Protocol
     Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty
 
B  Biodiversity
     Convention on Biological Diversity
 
C  Climate Change
     United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
 
E  Endangered Species
     Convention on the International Trade in Endangered Species of
     Wild Flora and Fauna (CITES)
   Environmental Modification
     Convention on the Prohibition of Military or Any Other Hostile Use of
     Environmental Modification Techniques
 
H  Hazardous Wastes
     Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of
     Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal
 
L  Law of the Sea
     United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (LOS)
 
M  Marine Dumping
     Convention on the Prevention of Marine Pollution by Dumping Wastes and
     Other Matter; note - also known as the London Convention
   Marine Life Conservation
     Convention on Fishing and Conservation of Living Resources of the High
     Seas
 
N  Nuclear Test Ban
     Treaty Banning Nuclear Weapons Tests in the Atmosphere, in Outer
     Space, and Under Water
 
O  Ozone Layer Protection
     Montreal Protocol on Substances That Deplete the Ozone Layer
 
S  Ship Pollution
     International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution From Ships
     (MARPOL)
 
T  Tropical Timber
     International Tropical Timber Agreement
 
W  Wetlands
     Convention on Wetlands of International Importance Especially As
     Waterfowl Habitat; note - also known as Ramsar
   Whaling
     International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling
 
Note:  Not all of the selected international environmental agreements have
       abbreviations.
 
 
 
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