Environmental Governance
Definition(s)
Measures taken in advance to prevent the occurrence (waste prevention, prevention of disasters or similar emergencies). (Source: draft based on GEMET/GUNNa)
States should effectively co-operate to discourage or prevent the relocation and transfer to other States of any activities and substances that cause severe environmental degradation or are found to be harmful to human health (Rio Principle 14)
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French
mesure de prévention
Russian
профилактическая мера
Spanish
medida de prevención
Arabic
إجراء وقائي
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Multilateral environment agreements tagged with Prevention
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Prevention. This includes official treaty texts, decisions, recommendations, and other related
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Convention on Biological Diversity | 3 articles and paragraphs |
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Basel Convention | 15 decisions1 document |
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Convention on Migratory Species | 13 decisions |
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Stockholm Convention | 1 document |
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Montreal Protocol | 2 decisions |
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World Heritage Convention | 17 decisions |
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The Convention on Wetlands | 1 decision |
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United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification | 1 article or paragraph |
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Barcelona Convention | 1 article or paragraph3 decisions |
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Dumping Protocol | 1 article or paragraph |
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Prevention and Emergency Protocol | 1 article or paragraph1 decision |
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Specially Protected Areas and Biodiversity Protocol | 1 article or paragraph1 decision |
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Offshore Protocol | 1 article or paragraph |
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Hazardous Wastes Protocol | 2 articles and paragraphs1 decision |
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Convention on Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution | 1 article or paragraph |
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Abidjan Convention | 2 articles and paragraphs |
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Noumea Convention | 5 articles and paragraphs |
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Cartagena Convention | 3 articles and paragraphs |
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Convention on the Transboundary Effects of Industrial Accidents | 8 articles and paragraphs2 documents |
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Agreement on the Conservation of Small Cetaceans of the Baltic and North Seas | 1 decision |
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Agreement on the Conservation of Populations of European Bats | 1 decision |
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Carpathian Convention | 1 article or paragraph1 decision |
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United Nations Environment Assembly | 3 decisions |
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ASEAN Agreement on Transboundary Haze Pollution | 4 articles and paragraphs |
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Nagoya – Kuala Lumpur Supplementary Protocol | 1 article or paragraph |