List of Contents
* Current Issues and Key Themes
* Agreements on Environment and Development
Systematically listed key data and illustrations concerning the most important international agreements presented on the basis of information from the organizations in question and other sources, covering such matters as:
objectives ? scope ? time and place of establishment ? status of participation ? affiliated instruments and organizations ? major activities ? secretariat ? finance ? rules and standards ? monitoring and implementation ? decision-making bodies ? key publications ? Internet sources.
This edition includes the new Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in decision Making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters and the Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade.
* Intergovernmental Organizations (IGOs), including UN specialized agencies
objectives ? type of organization ? membership ? date of establishment ? secretariat ? activities ? decision-making bodies ? finance ? key publications ? Internet sources.
* International Non-governmental Organizations (NGOs)
* objectives ? type of organization ? membership ? date of establishment ? secretariat ? activities ? budget ? key publications ? Internet sources.
* Country Profiles
Summaries of the performance and main commitments of 15 OECD countries in addition to Brazil, Indonesia, Nigeria, South Africa, and Thailand.

Originally published in 1999

Bergesen, Helge Ole ; Parmann, Georg ; Thommessen, Oystein B.

Introduction
Helge Ole Bergesen, Georg Parmann, and Bystein B. Thommessen
Evaluation of the Climate Change Regime and Related Deve1opments
Joyecta Gupta
Liability and Compensation for Ship-Source Marine Pollution: The International System
Edgar Gold
Biodiversity:B etwcen Diverse International Arenas
G. Kristin Roscndal
International Co-operation in Nuclear Safety
Roland Timerbaev and Abram lorysh
The Treatment of Environmental Considerations in the World Trade Organization
Bcatricc Chaytor and Jamcs Cameron
World Business Council for Sustainable Development: The Greening of Business or a Greenwash?
Adil Najam
General Environmental Concerns
Convention on Access to Information, Fublic Participation Decision-Making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters (Arhus Convention), Arhus, 1998
Convention on Environmental Impact Assessment in a Transboundary Context, Espoo, 1991
Atmosphere
Annex 16, vol. IT (Environmental Protection: Aircraft Engine Emissions) to the 1944 Chicago
Convention on International Civil Aviation, Montreal, 1981
Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution (LRTAP), Geneva, 1979
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), New York, 1992
Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer, Vienna, 1985, including the Montreal
Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer, Montreal, 1987
Hazardous Substances
Convention on the Ban of the Import into Africa and the Control of Transboundary Movements and Management of Hazardous Wastes within Africa, Bamako, 1991
Convention on Civil Liability for Damage Caused during Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Road,
Rail. and Inland Navigation Vessels (CRTD), Geneva, 1989
Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal (Basel Convention), Basel, 1989
Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade (PIC Convention), Rotterdam, 1998
Convention on the Transboundary Effects of Industrial Accidents, Helsinki, 1992
Convention to Ban the Importation into Forum Island Countries of Hazardous and Radioactive
Wastes and to Control the Transboundary Movement and Management of Hazardous Wastes within the South Pacific Region (Waigani Convention), Waigani, 1995
European Agreement Concerning the International Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Road (ADR), Geneva, 1957
FAO International Code of Conduct on the Distribution and Use of Pesticides, Rome, 1985
Marine Environment
Global Conventions
Convention on the Prevention of Marine Pollution by Dumping of Wastes and Other Matter (London Convention 1972), London, 1972
International Convention for the Prcvention of Pollution from Ships, 1973, as modified by the Protocol of 1978 relating thcrcto (MARPOL 73/78), London, 1973 and 1978
International Convention on Civil Liability for Oil Pollution Damage 1969 (1969 CLC), Brussels, 1969, 1976, and 1984
International Convention on the Establishment of an International Fund for Compensation for Oil Pollution Damage 1971 (1971 Fund Convention), Brussels, 1971
Convention on Liability and Compensation for Damage in Connection with the Carriage of
Hazardous and Noxious Substances by Sea (HNS), London 1996
International Convention on Oil Pollution Preparedness, Response, and Co-operation (OPRC), London, 1990
International Convention Relating to Intervention on the High Seas in Cases of Oil Pollution
Casualties (Intervention Convention), Brussels, 1969
United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), Montego Bay, 1982
Regional Conventions
Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment of the North East Atlantic (OSPAR Convention), Paris, 1992
Convention on the Protection of the Marine Environment of the Baltic Sea Area (1974 Helsinki Convention), Helsinki, 1974
Convention on thc Protection of the Marine Environment of the Baltic Sea Area (1992 Helsinki Convention), Helsinki, 1992
Conventions within the UNEP Regional Seas Programme
Convention on the Protection of the Black Sea against Pollution, Bucharest, 1992
Convention for the Protection and Development of the Marine Environment of the Wider Caribbean Region, Cartagena de Indias, 1983
Convention for the Protection, Management, and Development of the Marine and Coastal Environment of the Eastern African Region, Nairobi, 1985
Kuwait Regional Convention for Co-operation on the Protection of the Marine Environment from Pollution, Kuwait, 1978
Convention for the Protection and Developme…