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Title         :Appendix D: Abbreviations for Selected International Environmental 


Agreements 
Text          : 
     Appendix D:  Abbreviations for Selected International Environmental 
                  Agreements 
 
A  Air Pollution 
     Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution 
   Air Pollution-Nitrogen Oxides 
     Protocol to the 1979 Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air 
     Pollution concerning the Control of Emissions of Nitrogen Oxides or 
          Their Transboundary Fluxes 
   Air Pollution-Sulphur 85 
     Protocol to the 1979 Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air 
     Pollution on the Reduction of Sulphur Emissions or their Transboundary 
     Fluxes by at least 30% 
        Air Pollution-Sulphur 94 
     Protocol to the 1979 Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air 
          Pollution on Further Reduction of Sulphur Emissions 
   Air Pollution-Volatile Organic Compounds 
     Protocol to the 1979 Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air 
     Pollution concerning the Control of Emissions of Volatile Organic 
     Compounds or Their Transboundary Fluxes 
   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 
 
D       Desertification 
          United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification in those Countries
 
          Experiencing Serious Drought and/or Desertification, Particularly in 
     Africa 
 
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 
     Protocol of 1978 Relating to the International Convention for the 
     Prevention of Pollution From Ships, 1973 (MARPOL) 
 
T  Tropical Timber 83 
     International Tropical Timber Agreement, 1983 
        Tropical Timber 94 
     International Tropical Timber Agreement, 1994 
 
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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