TABLE 6

INTERNATIONAL CONVENTIONS AND AGREEMENTS

Country/territory

Status of ratification of international conventions

International Tropical Timber Agreement 1994 (ITTO members)

Convention on Biological Diversity

FCCC

Kyoto Protocol (of FCCC)

Convention to Combat Desertification

CITES

Ramsar Convention

World Heritage Convention

AFRICA

Algeria

x

x

x

x

x

x

Angola

x

x

x

x

Benin

x

x

x

x

x

x

Botswana

x

x

x

x

x

x

Burkina Faso

x

x

x

x

x

x

Burundi

x

x

x

x

x

Cameroon

x

x

x

x

x

x

Cape Verde

x

x

x

x

Central African Republic

x

x

x

x

x

x

Chad

x

x

x

x

x

Comoros

x

x

x

x

x

x

Congo

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

Côte d'Ivoire

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

Dem. Rep. of the Congo

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

Djibouti

x

x

x

x

Egypt

x

x

s

x

x

x

x

x

Equatorial Guinea

x

x

x

Eritrea

x

x

x

x

Ethiopia

x

x

x

x

x

Gabon

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

Gambia

x

x

x

x

x

x

Ghana

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

Guinea

x

x

x

x

x

x

Guinea-Bissau

x

x

x

x

x

Kenya

x

x

x

x

x

x

Lesotho

x

x

x

Liberia

x

x

x

Libyan Arab Jamahiriya

x

x

x

x

Madagascar

x

x

x

x

x

x

Malawi

x

x

x

x

x

x

Mali

x

x

s

x

x

x

x

Mauritania

x

x

x

x

x

x

Mauritius

x

x

x

x

x

Morocco

x

x

x

x

x

x

Mozambique

x

x

x

x

x

Namibia

x

x

x

x

x

x

Niger

x

x

s

x

x

x

x

Nigeria

x

x

x

x

x

Rwanda

x

x

x

x

Sao Tome and Principe

x

x

x

Senegal

x

x

x

x

x

x

Seychelles

x

x

s

x

x

x

Sierra Leone

x

x

x

x

x

Somalia

x

South Africa

x

x

x

x

x

x

Sudan

x

x

x

x

x

Swaziland

x

x

x

x

Togo

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

Tunisia

x

x

x

x

x

x

Uganda

x

x

x

x

x

x

United Rep. of Tanzania

x

x

x

x

x

x

Zambia

x

x

s

x

x

x

x

Zimbabwe

x

x

x

x

x

ASIA

Afghanistan

x

x

x

Armenia

x

x

x

x

x

Azerbaijan

x

x

x

x

x

Bahrain

x

x

x

x

x

Bangladesh

x

x

x

x

x

x

Bhutan

x

x

Brunei Darussalam

x

Cambodia

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

China

x

x

s

x

x

x

x

x

Cyprus

x

x

r

x

x

x

Dem. People's Rep. of Korea

x

x

x

Georgia

x

x

r

x

x

x

x

India

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

Indonesia

x

x

s

x

x

x

x

x

Iran, Islamic Rep.

x

x

x

x

x

x

Iraq

x

Israel

x

x

s

x

x

x

x

Japan

x

x*

s

x

x

x

x

x

Jordan

x

x

x

x

x

x

Kazakhstan

x

x

s

x

x

x

Kuwait

x

x

Kyrgyzstan

x

x

x

x

Lao People's Dem. Rep.

x

x

x

x

Lebanon

x

x

x

x

x

Malaysia

x

x

s

x

x

x

x

x

Maldives

x

x

s/r

x

Mongolia

x

x

r

x

x

x

x

Myanmar

x

x

x

x

x

x

Nepal

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

Oman

x

x

x

x

Pakistan

x

x

x

x

x

x

Philippines

x

x

s

x

x

x

x

x

Qatar

x

x

x

x

Republic of Korea

x

x

s

x

x

x

x

x

Saudi Arabia

x

x

x

x

Singapore

x

x

x

x

Sri Lanka

x

x

x

x

x

x

Syrian Arab Republic

x

x

x

x

x

Tajikistan

x

x

x

x

Thailand

x

s

x

x

x

x

Turkey

x

x

x

x

x

Turkmenistan

x

x

s/r

x

x

United Arab Emirates

x

x

x

x

Uzbekistan

x

x

s/r

x

x

x

Viet Nam

x

x

s

x

x

x

x

Yemen

x

x

x

x

x

EUROPE

Albania

x

x

x

x

x

Austria

x

x*

s

x

x

x

x

x

Belarus

x

x

x

x

x

Belgium

x

x*

s

x

x

x

x

x

Bosnia and Herzegovina

x

Bulgaria

x

x*

s

x

x

x

Croatia

x

x*

s

x

x

x

Czech Republic

x

x*

s

x

x

x

x

Denmark

x

x*

s

x

x

x

x

x

Estonia

x

x*

s

x

x

x

Finland

x

x*

s

x

x

x

x

x

France

x

x*

s

x

x

x

x

x

Germany

x

x*

s

x

x

x

x

x

Greece

x

x*

s

x

x

x

x

x

Hungary

x

x

x

x

x

x

Iceland

x

x*

s

x

x

x

x

Ireland

x

x*

x

x

x

x

Italy

x

x*

s

x

x

x

x

x

Latvia

x

x*

s

x

x

x

Liechtenstein

x

x*

s

x

x

x

Lithuania

x

x*

s

x

x

Luxembourg

x

x*

s

x

x

x

x

x

Malta

x

s

x

x

x

x

Monaco

x

x*

s

x

x

x

x

Netherlands

x

x*

s

x

x

x

x

x

Norway

x

x*

s

x

x

x

x

x

Poland

x

x*

s

x

x

x

Portugal

x

x*

s

x

x

x

x

x

Republic of Moldova

x

x

x

x

Romania

x

x*

s

x

x

x

x

Russian Federation

x

x*

s

x

x

x

San Marino

x

x

x

x

Slovakia

x

x*

s

x

x

x

Slovenia

x

x*

s

x

x

x

Spain

x

x*

s

x

x

x

x

x

Sweden

x

x*

s

x

x

x

x

x

Switzerland

x

x*

s

x

x

x

x

x

The FYR of Macedonia

x

x

x

x

x

Ukraine

x

x*

s

x

x

x

United Kingdom

x

x*

s

x

x

x

x

x

Yugoslavia

x

x

x

OCEANIA

Australia

x

x*

s

x

x

x

x

x

Cook Islands

x

x

s

x

Fiji

x

x

s/r

x

x

x

x

Kiribati

x

x

x

x

Marshall Islands

x

x

s

x

Micronesia

x

x

s/r

x

Nauru

x

x

x

New Zealand

x

x*

s

x

x

x

x

Niue

x

x

s/r

x

Palau

x

x

r

x

Papua New Guinea

x

x

s

x

x

x

x

Samoa

x

x

s

x

Solomon Islands

x

x

s

x

x

Tonga

x

x

x

Tuvalu

x

s/r

x

Vanuatu

x

x

x

x

x

NORTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA

Antigua and Barbuda

x

x

s/r

x

x

x

Bahamas

x

x

s/r

x

x

Barbados

x

x

s/r

x

x

Belize

x

x

x

x

x

x

Canada

x

x*

s

x

x

x

x

x

Costa Rica

x

x

s

x

x

x

x

Cuba

x

x

s

x

x

x

Dominica

x

x

x

x

x

Dominican Republic

x

x

x

x

x

El Salvador

x

x

s/r

x

x

x

x

Grenada

x

x

x

x

x

Guatemala

x

x

s/r

x

x

x

x

Haiti

x

x

x

x

Honduras

x

x

s

x

x

x

x

x

Jamaica

x

x

r

x

x

x

x

Mexico

x

x

s

x

x

x

x

Nicaragua

x

x

s/r

x

x

x

x

Panama

x

x

s/r

x

x

x

x

x

Saint Kitts and Nevis

x

x

x

x

x

Saint Lucia

x

x

s

x

x

x

Saint Vincent and Grenadines

x

x

s

x

x

Trinidad and Tobago

x

x

s/r

x

x

x

x

United States

x*

s

x

x

x

x

SOUTH AMERICA

Argentina

x

x

s

x

x

x

x

Bolivia

x

x

s/r

x

x

x

x

x

Brazil

x

x

s

x

x

x

x

x

Chile

x

x

s

x

x

x

x

Colombia

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

Ecuador

x

x

s/r

x

x

x

x

x

Guyana

x

x

x

x

x

x

Paraguay

x

x

s/r

x

x

x

x

Peru

x

x

s

x

x

x

x

x

Suriname

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

Uruguay

x

x

s

x

x

x

x

Venezuela

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

Note: The regional breakdown reflects geographic rather than economic or political groupings.