'This Yearbook clearly fills many gaps and provides reliable and well-researched information' 
Klaus Töpfer, Executive Director, UN Environment Programme (UNEP)
'The key updates on conventions and organizations are complemented by a series of proactive essays by leading environmentalists on the cutting-edge issues. This edition is an important source book in advance of the World Summit for Sustainable Development 2002' 
Nigel Cross, Executive Director, International Institute for Environment and Development (UNEP)
The essential reference to all the rapidly multiplying international agreements on environment and development issues. This ninth annual edition of the Yearbook demonstrates the international community's position on specific environment and development problems, the main obstacles to effective international solutions, and how to overcome them. It assesses both the achievements and shortcomings of co-operation, distinguishing between the rhetoric and the reality of environment world politics.
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 Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants and the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety to the Convention on Biological Diversity. 
* 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 all OECD countries in addition to Argentina, Brazil, China, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Nigeria, the Russian Federation, South Africa, and Thailand.
Originally published in 2001
Introduction 
Olav Schram Stokke and 0ystein B. Tliommessen 
Global Environmental Governance: UN Fragmentation und CO-ordination 
Steinar Andresell 
Environmental Standards: Industry's Gift to a Polluted Globe or the Developed World's Competition-Killing Strategy? 
Jennifer Clapp 
The 1999 Multi-Pollutant Protocol: A Neglected Break Through in Solving Europe's Air Pollution Problems? 
JQrgen Wettestad 
The Basil Convention and the InternationalTrade in Hazardous Waste 
Jonathan Krueger 
The Unltcd Nntrona Flsh Stocks Agreement 
Lawrence Juda 
The World Bank: A Lighter Shade of Green? 
David Hunter 
General Environmental Concerns 
Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Dccision-Making and Access to Justice in 
Environmental Matters (Arlius Convention), Arhus, 1998 
Convention on Environmental Impact Assessment in a Transboundary Context (Espoo Convention), Espoo, 1991 
Atmosphere 
Annex 16. vol. I1 (Environmental Protection: Aircraft Engine Emissions) to the 1944 Chicago Convention on International Civil Aviation, Montreal, 1981 
Convention Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution (LRTAP), Geneva, 1979 
United Nation? 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, 1981 
Hazardous Substances 
Convention on the Ban of the Import into Africa and the Control of Transboundary Movements and Management of Hazardous Wastes within Africa, Barnako, 199 1 
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 Moveme~~olPs Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal (Base1 Convention), Rasel, 1989 
Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and 
Pesticides in International Trade (Rotterdam Convention on PIC), Rotterdam, 1998 
Convention on the Transboundary Effect\ 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 Good? by Inland Waterways (ADN), Gcncva, 2000 
European Agreerncnt Concerning the International Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Road (ADR), Geneva, 1957 
FAO International Code of Conduct on the Dislribution and U$e of Pesticides, Rome, 1985 
Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (Stockholm Convcntion on POPS), Stockholm. 200 1 
Marine Environment 
Global Conventions 
Convention on the Prevention of Marine Pollution by Dumping of Wastes and Other Matter (London Convention 1Y72), London, 1972 
International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships, 1973, as modified by the Protocol of 1978 relating thereto (MARPOL 73/78), London, 1973 and 1978 
International Convention on Civil Liability for Bunker Oil Pollution Damage, 2001 (Bunkers Convention), London, 2001 
International Convention on Civil Liability tor 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 (LOS Convention), 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 Arca (1 992 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 Protcction and Development of the Marine Environment and Coastal Region of the Mediterranean Sea (Barcelona Convention), Barcelona, 1976 
Regional Convention for the Conservation of the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden Environment, Jeddah, 1982 
Convention for the Protection of the Natural Resources and Environment of the South Pacific Region (SPREP Convention), Noumea, 1986 
Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment and Coastal Area of the South-East Pacific, Lima, 1981 
Convention for Co-operation in the Protection and Development of the Marine and Coastal Environment of the West and Central African Region, Abidjan, 1981 
Marine Living Resources 
Convention on the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR), Canberra, 1980 
International Convention for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT), Rio de Janeiro, 1966 
International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling (ICRW), Washington, 1946 
Nature Conservation and Terrestrial Living Resources 
Antarctic Treaty, Washington, DC, 1959 
Convention Concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage (World Heritage 
Convention), Paris, 1972 
Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), Nairobi, 1992 
Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS), Bonn, 1979 
Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), 
Washington, DC, 1973 
Convention on Wetlands of International Importance especially as Waterfowl Habitat (Ramsar Convention), Ramsar, 1971 
Convention to Combat Deserlification (CCD), Paris, 1994 
FAO International Undertaking on Plant Genetic Resources, Rome, 1983 
International Tropical Timber Agreement, 1994 (ITTA, 1994), Geneva, 1994 
Nuclear Safety 
Convention on Assistance in the Case of a Nuclear Accident or Radiological Emergency (Aqsistance 
Convention), Vienna, 1986 
Convention on Early Notification of a Nuclear Accident (Notification Convention), Vienna, 1986 
Convention on Nuclear Safety, Vienna, 1994 
Vienna Convention on Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage, Vienna, 1963 
Freshwater Resources 
Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes 
(ECE Water Convention), Helsinki, 1992 
Tables of Agreements and Degrees of Participation, by Country 
Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD) 
European Union (EU): Environment 
Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) 
Global Environment Facility (GEF) 
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) 
International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) 
International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) 
International Labour Organization (ILO) 
International Maritime Organization (IMO) 
International Monetary Fund (IMF) 
International Oil Pollution Compensation Funds (IOPC Funds) 
Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), Environment 
Policy Committee (EPOC) 
United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) 
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) 
United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) 
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) 
United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) 
United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) 
World Bank 
World Food Programme (WFP) 
World Health Organization (WHO) 
World Meteorological Organization (WMO) 
World Trade Organization (WTO) 
Ban Action Network (BAN) 
Third World Network (M) 
Climate Action Network (CAN) 
Water Environment Federation (WEF) 
Consumers International (CI) 
Earth Council 
Women's Environment and Development 
Organization (WED0) 
Earthwatch Institute 
World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) 
Environmental Liaison Centre International (ELCI) 
World Federalist Movement (WFM) 
European Environmental Bureau (EEB) 
World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) 
Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) 
Friends of the Earth International (FoEI) 
Other Networking Instruments 
Greenpeace International 
Arab Network of Environment and International Chamber of Commerce (TCC) 
Development (RAED) 
International Confederation of Free Both ENDS Trade Unions (ICFTU) 
Global Legislators for a Balanced Environment 
International Organization for Standardization (ISO) 
(GLOBE) 
International Solar Energy Society (ISES) 
Regional Environmental Center for Centd and IUCN - The World Conservation Union 
Eastern Europe (REC) 
Pesticide Action Network (PAN) 
Sierra Club 
United Nations Non-Governmental Liaison Service (UN-NGLS) 
Society for International Development (SID) 
Tables of International Organizations and Degrees of Participation, by Country and Territory 
OECD countries 
Australia 
Austria 
Belgium 
Canada 
Czech Republic 
Denmark 
Finland 
France 
Germany 
Greece 
Hungary 
Iceland 
Ireland 
Italy 
Japan 
Republic of Korea 
Luxembourg 
Mexico 
Norway 
The Netherlands 
New Zealand 
Poland 
Index 
List of Articles in 1992-2001 102 Volumes 
Portugal 
Spain 
Sweden 
Switzerland 
Turkey 
United Kingdom 
USA 
Technical Notes and References, OECD Countries 
Selected non-OECD countries 
Argentina 
Brazil 
China 
India 
Indonesia 
Malaysia 
Nigeria 
Russian Federation 
South Africa 
Thailand 
Technical Notes and References. non-OECD 
Countries
