CBD and other global Conventions

The United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) comprises the global framework of actions on Biodiversity.

• to CBD website 

Other conventions at the global level include:

The Ramsar Convention on Wetlands  

The CITES Convention on trade of endangered species

The Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (Bonn Convention or CMS) and its following agreements: 

• the Agreement on the Conservation of Populations of European Bats (EUROBATS);
• the African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbird Agreement (AEWA);
• the Agreement on the Conservation of Small Cetaceans in the Baltic and North Seas (ASCOBANS);
• the Agreement on the Conservation of Cetaceans in the Black sea, Mediterranean sea and contiguous Atlantic Area (ACCOBAMS);
• the Agreement on the conservation of seals in the Wadden sea;
• and the Conservation of Albatrosses and Petrels (ACAP).