Others biodiversity related conventions

There are more than 550 treaties and other agreements related to environmental issues, of which about 300 are implemented on a regional level.

Some of them deal only with biodiversity, while others are more general, and some are specialized in different areas which concern environmental issues but they integrate agreements, decisions, recommendations, or declarations which concern biodiversity issues.

The inventory of all these stipulations and multilateral agreements in environmental areas are proof that biodiversity has become a major issue in international relations.

France alone has an active role in this international context, not only because many conventions have been signed but also due to it's efforts to create bilateral and multilateral agreements and to encourage its implementation by it's partners.

Multilateral international agreement links are mentioned henceforth.

Concerning bilateral agreements, please refer to the chapter on technical and scientific cooperation.

	Bonn Convention, Convention on Migratory Species (CMS) and others instruments linked
	CITES, Convention on International Trade in endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora
	Convention Concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage (UNESCO)
	Convention on Climate Change
	International convention on Combating Desertification
	Ramsar Convention, Convention on Wetlands
	The Vienna Convention for the protection of the Ozone Layer and its Montreal Protocol on substances that deplete the Ozone Layer
	Conventions, treaties specifically the marine environment
	Florence Convention, the European Landscape convention
	Bern Convention, Convention on the Conservation of European Wildlife and Natural Habitats
	The Alpine Convention
	The International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC)
	International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture
	Programme "L'homme et la biosphère"

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