Freshwater ecosystems

9. Government agreements relating to wetlands

9.1 International

(1971) Convention on Wetlands of International Importance especially as Waterfowl Habitat (Ramsar). Note that the long title is now no longer in use, the convention being known as the Ramsar Convention or the Wetlands Convention.
(1972) Convention Concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and natural Heritage (Paris).
(1974) Agreement between the Government of Australia and the Government of Japan for the Protection of Migratory Birds in Danger of Extinction and their Environment) (JAMBA).
(1976) Agreement between the Government of Australia and the Government of the Peoples’ Republic of China for the Protection of Migratory Birds in Danger of Extinction and their Environment (CAMBA).
(1979) Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (Bonn) .
(1992) Convention on Biological Diversity (Rio) http://www.biodiv.org/chm/conv/default.htm.

9.2 National

(1992) COAG: InterGovernmental Agreement on the Environment.

(1992) COAG: National Strategy for Ecologically Sustainable Development.

(1992) ANZECC: National Water Quality Management Strategy.

(1994) COAG: Water Reform Agenda.

(1996) COAG: National Strategy for the Conservation of Australia’s Biological Diversity.

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