WHAT ARE MEAs
Multilateral Environmental Agreements (MEAs) is a generic term for treaties, conventions, protocols and other binding instruments related to the environment. It is usually applied or referred to instruments of a geographic scope wider than that of a bilateral agreement.
Since the 1970s, multilateral environmental agreements were developed, negotiated and agreed on, to address the myriad of environmental issues and challenges, manage, conserve and protect the environment as well as ensuring the sustainable use of natural resources. Below are the global MEAs over the past 50 years:
Multilateral Environmental Agreements under the ACP MEAs 3 Programme:
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Convention on Biological Diversity
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Australia, Cook Islands, France, Fiji, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Nauru, New Zealand, Niue, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu
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Convention on Migratory Species
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Australia, Cook Islands, Fiji, France, New Zealand, Palau, Samoa
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Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora
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Australia, United Kingdom, Papua New Guinea, France, New Zealand, Vanuatu, Fiji, Palau, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga
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Basel Convention on the control of transboundary movements of hazardous wastes and their disposal
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Australia, Cook Islands, France, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Nauru, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu
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Rotterdam Convention to promote share responsibilities in relation to importation of hazardous chemicals.
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Australia, Cook Islands, France, Marshall Islands, New Zealand, Samoa, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu
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Stockholm Convention aims to eliminate or restrict the production and use of persistent organic pollutants. |
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Australia, Cook Islands, Fiji, France, Kiribati, Nauru, New Zealand, Niue, Palau, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu
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Minamata Convention to protect human health and the environment from anthropogenic emissions and releases of mercury and mercury compounds. |
https://www.mercuryconvention.org
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Australia, France, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, New Zealand, Palau, Samoa, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu
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Convention to ban the importation into Forum Island Countries of hazardous wastes within the South Pacific Region (Waigani Convention)
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https://www.sprep.org/convention-secretariat/waigani-convention
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Australia, Cook Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji, Kiribati, New Zealand, Nauru, Niue, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu |
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Convention for the Protection of the Natural Resources and Environment of the South Pacific Region (Noumea Convention) |
https://www.sprep.org/convention-secretariat/noumea-convention
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Australia, Cook Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji, France, Marshall Islands, Nauru, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, United States of America |
