Authors:
Jack Rieley and Sandra Lubinaite
Venue:
Riga
Keywords:
agencies, agreements, conventions, international, peat, peatlands
Documentfile:
conventionsreportpeatlands2014ips
Summary:
Foreword
Introduction
International Conventions, Agencies, Agreements and Programmes
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD)
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Mitigation of Climate Change in Agriculture (MICCA) Programme by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations
International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC)
World Meteorological Organization (WMO)
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)
UN collaborative initiative on Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (UN-REDD)
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
International Maritime Organization (IMO)
The Ramsar Convention on Wetlands
Scientific and Technical Review Panel of the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands
World Trade Organization (WTO)
World Trade Organization Agreement on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures (SPS Agreement)
The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)
Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES)
Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR)
Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR)
Discussion
Conclusions
Figure 1 Relationships between Principal United Nations Conventions, Agencies and Programmes
Figure 2 Relationships between Principal Non-United Nations Conventions, Agencies, Programmes and International
NGOs
Annex 1 Acronyms .
Annex 2 Glossary
Annex 3 Chronology
Annex 4 IMO Regulations for Transportation of Peat
Annex 5 Acknowledgements
About the International Peat Society