Groupe de recherche sur les stratégies et les acteurs de la gouvernance environnementale

Please note that Canada is not necessarily a party to all the conventions below. 

Declaration concerning the Environment and Sustainable Development

• Stockholm Declaration (1972)
• Rio Declaration on Environment and Development (1992)
• Rio +20
• The Antarctic Treaty
  • The Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty

Biodiversity

• Convention on Biological Diversity 
  • Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety 
  • Nagoya – Kuala Lumpur Supplementary Protocol 
• Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment of the North-East Atlantic
• Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment and the Coastal Region of the Mediterranean (Barcelona Convention)
  • Secretariat to the Barcelona Convention and its Protocols

Climate Change

• United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change 
• Kyoto Protocol 

Ozone Layer

• Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer
• Montreal Protocol

Desertification

• United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification in those Countries Experiencing Serious Drought and/or Desertification, Particularly in Africa

Protection of Animals and Threatened Species

• Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora
• Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (Bonn Convention)
• Convention for the Protection of Migratory Birds in the United States and Canada
• Convention on the Conservation of European Wildlife and Natural Habitats (Bern Convention)

Wetlands

• Convention on Wetlands of International Importance, especially as Waterfowl Habitat (Ramsar Convention)

Radioactivity

International Atomic Energy Agency 

• Vienna Declaration on Nuclear Safety 
• Convention on Early Notification of a Nuclear Accident
• Convention on Assistance in the Case of a Nuclear Accident Or Radiological Emergency
• Joint Convention on the Safety of Spent Fuel Management and on the Safety of Radioactive Waste Management
• Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Material
• Vienna Convention on Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage
  • Protocol to Amend the Vienna Convention on Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage
  • Optional Protocol Concerning the Compulsory Settlement of Disputes to the Vienna Convention on the Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage
  • Joint Protocol Relating to the Application of the Vienna Convention and the Paris Convention
• Convention on Supplementary Compensation for Nuclear Damage
• Nordic Mutual Emergency Assistance Agreement in onnection with radiation accidents

International framework on transport and dumping of waste

• Convention on the Prevention of Marine Pollution by Dumping of Wastes and Other Matter
  • Decision of the Council Concerning the Transboundary Movements of Wastes Destined for Recovery Operations
• Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal (Basel Convention)

Management of toxic substances

• Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants
• Minamata Convention on Mercury
• Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade