Research Guides : International Environmental Law: Acronyms Chart

Acronymns You Should Know...

Agenda21	Programme of Action for Sustainable Development	MARPOL	International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships
Aarhus Convention	Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-Making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters	Montreal Protocol	Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer
Basel Convention	Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal	NAAEC	North American Agreement on Environmental Cooperation
Basel Ban Amendment	Protocol on Liability and Compensation for Damage Resulting from Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes	OLDEPESCA	Agreement Instituting the Latin American Organization for Fisheries Development
Biodiversity Convention	Convention on Biological Diversity	OPRC	1990 International Convention on Oil Pollution Preparedness, Response and Co-operation
Bunkers Convention	International Convention on Civil Liability for Bunker Oil Pollution Damage	OSPAR Convention	Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment of the North-East Atlantic
Cartagena Protocol	Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety to the Convention on Biological Diversity	Paris Convention	Paris Convention on Third Party Liability in the Field of Nuclear Energy
CBD	Convention on Biological Diversity	PIC	Rotterdam Convention on Trade in Hazardous Chemicals
CCAMLR	Convention on the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources	POPs	Persistant Organic Pollutants
CCSBT	Convention for the Conservation of Southern Bluefin Tuna	Ramsar	Convention on Wetlands of International Importance especially as Waterfowl Habitat
CITES	Convention on the International Trade in Endangered Species of Wilde Fauna and Flora	Rio Declaration	Rio Declaration on Environment and Development
CLC	Convention on Civl Liability for Oil Pollution Damage	Rotterdam Convention	Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade
Climate Change Convention	United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change	Stockholm Convention	Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants
CRAMRA	Antarctic Mineral Resources Convention	UNCCD	United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification
ECE Treaty	ECE Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes	UNCLOS	United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea
FAO	Food and Agriculture Organization	UNEP	United Nations Environment Programme
IAEA	International Atomic Energy Agency	UNFCCC	United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
IMO	International Maritime Organisation	Vienna Convention	Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer
Kyoto Protocol	Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change	Wetlands Convention	Convention on Wetlands of International Importance especially as Waterfowl Habitat
LRTAP	Geneva Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution	WSSD	World Summit on Sustainable Development