Environmental international standards and conventions

International standards and conventions

The Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal (1992)

The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Flora and Fauna (CITES) (1973)

The Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer (1999)

The UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) (1994)

The Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade (2004)

The Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (2004)

The Kyoto Protocol (2005)

CDC Group Tool Kit

ISO 14000 series – Environmental management