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TREATY REGIMES RECOMMENDED FOR RESEARCH TEAM ANALYSIS

1. Regimes Monitored by the International Institute for Sustainable Development

(a) The 1992 United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity
(b) The 1971 Ramsar Convention on the Protection of Wetlands and Waterfowl, and the Paris Protocol
(c) The 1979 Bonn Convention on Migratory Species
(d) The 1989 Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movement of Hazardous Wastes
(e) The 1985 Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer, and Montreal Protocol

2. Regimes with Well Documented Histories and Archives

(a) The 1946 Washington Convention for the Regulation of Whaling
(b) The UN Commission on the Status of Women
(c) The World Heritage Convention
(d) The 1979 Geneva Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution (LRTAP) (also see the text book)

3. Regimes on Trade and Development with Environmental Impacts

(a) The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
(b) The North American Free Trade Agreement

4. Regimes under Development through Active Negotiations 

(a) The Conservation and Sustainable Use of Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture
(b) The Intergovernmental Forum on Chemical Safety and the Use of and Trade in Chemicals
(c) The Intergovernmental Forum on Forests and Global Forest Policy
(d) The Codex Alimentarius Commission and International Food Law
(e) The Prevention, Introduction, and Mitigation of Impacts of Alien Invasive Species

5. Other Regimes

(a) The 1992 United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, and Kyoto Protocol
(b) The 1994 United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification
(c) The 1973 International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships (MARPOL)
(d) The 1973 Convention to Regulate International Trade in Endangered Species of Flora and Fauna (CITES)