| International Environmental Agreements | Entered into Force |
|---|
| Antarctic Treaty | 23 June 1961 |
| Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Waste and Their Disposal | 05 May 1992 |
| Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety o the Convention on Biological Diversity | 29 January 2000 |
| Convention for the Conservation of Antarctic Seals | 11 March 1978 |
| Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer (Vienna Convention) | 22 September 1988 |
| Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-Making and Access to Justice regarding Environmental Matters (Aarhus Convention) | 30 October 2001 |
| Convention on Biological Diversity | 29 December 1993 |
| Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (Bonn Convention) | 01 November 1983 |
| Convention on Environmental Impact Assessment in a Transboundary Context (Espoo Convention) | 10 September 1997 |
| Convention on Fishing and Conservation of Living Resources of the High Seas | 20 March 1966 |
| Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution (Geneva Convention) | 16 March 1983 |
| Convention on the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living resources (Canberra Convention) | 07 April 1982 |
| Convention on the International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Flora and Fauna (CITES) | 01 July 1975 |
| Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPS) | Not yet in force |
| Convention on the Prevention of Marine Pollution by Dumping Wastes and Other Matter (London Convention) | 30 August 1975 |
| Convention on the Prohibition of Military or Any Other Hostile Use of Environmental Modification Techniques | 05 October 1978 |
| Convention on Wetlands of International Importance Especially as Waterfowl Habitat (Ramsar) | 21 December 1975 |
| International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling | 10 November 1948 |
| International Tropical Timber Agreement, 1983 | 01 April 1985 |
| International tropical Timber Agreement, 1994 | 01 January 1997 |
| Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (Kyoto Protocol) | Not yet in force |
| Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer (Montreal Protocol) | 01 January 1989 |
| Protocol of 1978 Relating to the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships, 1973 (MARPOL) | 02 October 1983 |
| Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty | 14 January 1998 |
| Protocol to the 1979 Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution Concerning the Control of Emissions of Nitrogen Oxides or Their Transboundary Fluxes | 14 February 1991 |
| Protocol to the 1979 Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution Concerning the Control of Emissions of Volatile Organic Compounds or Their Transboundary Fluxes | 29 September 1997 |
| Protocol to the 1979 Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution on Further Reduction of Sulfur Emissions | 05 August 1998 |
| Protocol to the 1979 Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution on Persistent Organic Pollutants | Not yet in force |
| Protocol to the 1979 Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution on the Reduction of Sulfur Emissions or Their Transboundary Fluxes by at least 30% | 02 September 1987 |
| Treaty Banning Nuclear Weapon Tests in the Atmosphere, in Outer Space, Under Water | 10 October 1963 |
| United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (LOS) | 16 November 1994 |
| United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification in Those Countries Experiencing Serious Drought and/or Desertification Particularly Africa (CCD Convention) | 26 December 1996 |
| United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change | 21 March 1994 |