Topic:International treaties

A treaty is an agreement under international law. It encompasses terms such as convention, protocol, directive, agreement.

This is a list of treaties relevant to ICZM.

• Ramsar Convention (on Wetlands of International Importance)
• OSPAR Convention (for the Protection of the Marine Environment of the North-East Atlantic)
• Kyoto Protocol (Climate change)
• Bern Convention (on the Conservation of European Wildlife and Habitats)
• Barcelona Convention (for Protection against Pollution in the Mediterranean Sea)
• Habitats Directive
• Birds Directive
• Water Framework Directive
• EU Maritime Policy
• Flooding Directive
• INSPIRE Directive
• ASCOBANS
• ACCOBAMS
• United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
• Convention on Migratory Species
• World Trade Organization (WTO) Agreements

• Green Paper for a EU Maritime Policy
• The Lisbon Strategy
• UN Convention on the Law of the Sea
• Marine Strategy
• Environmental Impact Assessments
• Marine Protected Areas
• Special Protection Areas (SPA)
• Special Areas of Conservation (SAC)

• Global Forum of Oceans, Coasts and Islands
• United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea

• United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
• Kyoto Protocol
• World Trade Organization (WTO) Agreements

• Convention on Biological Diversity
• Convention on Migratory Species
• Ramsar Convention for Wetlands

• European Climate Change Program II
• Proposed EU Green Paper on Adaptation to Climate Change
• Proposed Marine Strategy
• Maritime policy
• Water Framework Directive
• Nutrients Directive
• Common Agricultural Policy
• Common Fisheries Policy
• Birds Directive, Habitats Directive, NATURA 2000
• Energy directives and policies

See Also

• Natura 2000
• MARINE STRATEGY (environment) & MARITIME POLICY

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