Protocols, and Treaties Quiz

5.2.2014

 

1. Kyoto Protocol, 1997

2. U.N. Convention to Combat Desertification, 1994

3. Convention on Transboundary Effects of Industrial Accidents, 1992

4. U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change, 1992

5. Convention on Biological Diversity, 1992

6. Basel Convention, 1989

 

 

a. Three main goals: conservation of biological diversity, sustainable use of plant and animal species, and equitable sharing of benefits from the use of genetic resources

b.  Overall framework for intergovernmental efforts to meet the challenge of climate change

 

c.  signatories commit to reducing their emissions of six greenhouse gases, or engage in emissions trading if they maintain or increase emissions of these gases, which are linked to global warming.

d. The world’s most comprehensive pact on hazardous wastes.

 

e. Aims to protect human health and the environment from industrial accidents by preventing them to the extent possible

 

f.  Recommended an integrated approach that promoted sustainable development at the community level to combat advancing deserts.

7. Montreal Protocol, 1987

8. Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution, 1979

9. CITES, 1973

10. MARPOL, 1973

11. The Ramsar Convention, 1971

12. Convention for the Prevention of Pollution of the Sea by Oil, 1962

 

G.     Seeking to prevent ocean pollution by oil discharged from ships, this pact limits discharges of oil-contaminated wastes.

H.    one of the earliest international agreements addressing the plight of endangered species

I.     provides the framework for national action and international cooperation for the conservation and wise use of wetlands

J.    A major international pact to prevent pollution of the marine environment, from operational or accidental causes, by ships; oil-contaminated as wells as garbage and sewage.

K.    calls for phasing out production and consumption of compounds that deplete ozone in the stratosphere -- chlorofluorocarbons, halons, carbon tetrachloride and methyl chloroform.

 L. This agreement encourages scientific collaboration and policy negotiation to target air pollution that spreads from its source across international boundaries into the atmosphere.