Adopted at Escazú, Costa Rica, on 4 March 2018, the Regional Agreement on Access to Information, Public Participation and Justice in Environmental Matters in Latin America and the Caribbean has as its objective to guarantee the full and effective implementation in Latin America and the Caribbean...
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Regional Agreement on Access to Information, Public Participation and Justice in Environmental Matters in Latin America and the Caribbean
22/04/2021 Rights: Information Participation Justice Topics: Biodiversity Climate Change Certification Cities Environmental education Energy Environmental assessment GenderMinamata Convention on Mercury
16/08/2017 Rights: Information Participation Topics: Environmental education Environmental assessment Mining Pollutant Release RegisterThe Minamata Convention, in force since August 2017, was adopted at the 2013 Plenipotentiary Conference in Kumamoto, Japan. The aim of this global treaty is to protect human health and the environment from anthropogenic and other releases of mercury and mercury compounds.
Paris Agreement [Framework Convention on Climate Change]
04/11/2016 Rights: Information Participation Topics: Climate Change Environmental education Gender Indigenous peoplesThe 21st Conference of Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP 21), held in Paris in 2015, concluded with the adoption of the Decision and the Paris Agreement. The agreement entered into force in November 2016 and will apply as of 2020.
Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from their Utilization to the Convention on Biological Diversity
12/10/2014 Rights: Information Participation Justice Topics: Biodiversity Environmental education Indigenous peoplesThe Nagoya Protocol, in force since October 2014, is a supplementary agreement to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD). Its objective is to achieve fair and equitable sharing of benefits arising from the utilization of genetic resources.
International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture
29/06/2004 Rights: Information Participation Topics: Biodiversity Indigenous peoplesThe International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources was adopted in 2001 during the Thirty-first Session of the Conference of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants
16/05/2004 Rights: Information Participation Topics: Environmental education Gender Pollutant Release RegisterThe Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants came into force in 2004. It aims to protect human health and the environment from Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs).
The Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety to the Convention on Biological Diversity
11/09/2003 Rights: Information Participation Topics: Biodiversity Environmental educationThe Cartagena Protocol, in force since September 2003, was adopted as a complementary agreement to the Convention on Biological Diversity.
United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification in those Countries Experiencing Serious Drought and/or Desertification, Particularly in Africa
26/12/1996 Rights: Information Participation Topics: Biodiversity Environmental education GenderThe United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification entered into force in 1996 and has been ratified by the 33 countries of Latin America and the Caribbean. It is the only binding international agreement linking environment and development to sustainable soil management.
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
21/03/1994 Rights: Information Participation Topics: Climate Change Environmental education Pollutant Release RegisterThe United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, in force since March 1994, has been ratified by all 33 countries of Latin America and the Caribbean.
Convention on Biological Diversity
29/12/1993 Rights: Information Participation Topics: Biodiversity Environmental education Environmental assessment Gender Indigenous peoplesThe Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) was adopted at the Earth Summit in 1992 and has been ratified by all 33 countries of Latin America and the Caribbean.