Forests and forestry in Small Island Developing States

Political commitments

Table of international conventions and agreements

Africa

COUNTRY	Convention on Biological Diversity CBD	FCCC	Kyoto Protocol of FCCC	Convention to Combat Desertification CCD	CITES	Ramsar Convention	World Heritage Convention	International Tropical Timber Agreement 1994 (ITT0 Members)
Cape Verde	Rtf	R		R			Ac
Comoros	Rtf	R		R	A	X	R
Guinea-Bissau	Rtf	R		R	A	X
Mauritius	Rtf	R	Ac	R	R	X	R
Sao Tome and Principe	Acs	R		R	A
Seychelles	Rtf	R	R	R	A		Ac

Asia

COUNTRY	Convention on Biological Diversity CBD	FCCC	Kyoto Protocol of FCCC	Convention to Combat Desertification CCD	CITES	Ramsar Convention	World Heritage Convention	International Tropical Timber Agreement 1994 (ITT0 Members)
Bahrain	Rtf	R		Ac		X	R
Cyprus	Rtf	R	Ac	Ac	R	X	Ac
Maldives	Rtf	R	R	Ac			Ac
Singapore	Rtf	R		Ac	A

Oceania

COUNTRY	Convention on Biological Diversity	Framework on Climate Change Convention FCCC	Kyoto Protocol of FCCC	Convention to Combat Desertification CCD	CITES	Ramsar Convention	World Heritage Convention	International Tropical Timber Agreement 1994 (ITT0 Members)
Cook Islands	Rtf	R	R	Ac
Fiji	Rtf	R	R	Ac	A		R	X
Kiribati	Acs	R	Ac	Ac			Ac
Marshall Islands	Rtf	R	S	Ac			Ac
Federated States of Micronesia	Rtf	R	R	R			Ac
Nauru	Rtf	R	R	Ac
Niue	Acs	Ac	R	Ac			Ac
Palau	Acs	R	Ac	Ac			Ac
Papua New Guinea	Rtf	R	R	Ac	A	X	Ac	X
Samoa	Rtf	R	R	Ac			Ac
Solomon Islands	Rtf	R	S	Ac			A
Tonga	Acs	Ac		Ac
Tuvalu		R	R	Ac
Vanuatu	Rtf	R	Ac	R	A			X

Europe

COUNTRY	Convention on Biological Diversity	Framework on Climate Change Convention FCCC	Kyoto Protocol of FCCC	Convention to Combat Desertification CCD	CITES	Ramsar Convention	World Heritage Convention	International Tropical Timber Agreement 1994 (ITT0 Members)
Malta	Rtf	R	R	R	A	X	Ac

North America and the Caribbean

COUNTRY	Convention on Biological Diversity CBD	FCCC	Kyoto Protocol of FCCC	Convention to Combat Desertification CCD	CITES	Ramsar Convention	World Heritage Convention	International Tropical Timber Agreement 1994 (ITT0 Members)
Antigua and Barbuda	Rtf	R	R	R	A		Ac
Bahamas	Rtf	R	Ac	Ac	A	X
Barbados	Rtf	R	Ac	Ac	A
Belize	Rtf	R		Ac	D	X	Ac
Cuba	Rtf	R	R	R	A	X	R
Dominica	Rtf	Ac		Ac	A		R
Dominican Republic	Rtf	R	Ac	Ac	A	X	R
Grenada	Rtf	R	Ac	Ac	A		Ac
Haiti	Rtf	R		R			R
Jamaica	Rtf	R	Ac	Ac	A	X	Ac
Saint Kitts and Nevis	Rtf	R		Ac	A		Ac
Saint Lucia	Acs	R	S	Ac	A	X	R
Saint Vincent and Grenadines	Acs	Ac	S	R	A
Trinidad and Tobago	Rtf	R	R	Ac	A	X		X

South America

COUNTRY	Convention on Biological Diversity CBD	FCCC	Kyoto Protocol of FCCC	Convention to Combat Desertification CCD	CITES	Ramsar Convention	World Heritage Convention	International Tropical Timber Agreement 1994 (ITT0 Members)
Guyana	Rtf	R		Ac	A		Ac	X
Suriname	Rtf	R		Ac	A	X	Ac	X

Abbreviations used

Convention on Biological Diversity (as of 20 Aug 2002)

Rtf = Ratification
Acs = Accession

Framework on Climate Change Convention (FCCC) (as of Oct 2002)

R = Ratification
Ac = Accession

Kyoto Protocol (as of 16 Oct 2002)

R = Ratification
At = Acceptance
Ap = Approval
Ac = Accession

Convention to Combat Desertification (as of 11 Oct 2000)

R = Ratification
At = Acceptance
Ac = Accession

Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) (as of Oct 2002)

R = Ratification
A = Accession
Ac = Acceptance
Ap = Approval
C = Continuation
D = Declaration of Succession

World Heritage Convention (as of 28 Sept 2002)

R = Ratification
Ac = Accession