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Databases ~ UN system
InforMEA: UN Information Portal on MEAs
· This link is to a search function for convention titles, but there are several other ways to search this
database (which includes nearly all international agreements post-1945).
Databases ~ Other
Ecolex: A Gateway to Environmental Law
· "...an information service on environmental law, operated jointly by FAO, IUCN and UNEP.
Its purpose is to build capacity worldwide by providing the most comprehensive possible global
source of information on environmental law...
· "...includes information on treaties, international soft-law and other non-binding policy and
technical guidance documents, national legislation, judicial decisions, and law and policy
literature. Users have direct access to the abstracts and indexing information about each
document, as well as to the full text of most of the information provided."
Environmental Conventions Index (ECI)
Also see webpage of Maria Ivanova here.
Environmental Treaties & Resource Indicators (ENTRI)
· Decommissioned; see here for context.
Info repository: Multilateral Environmental Agreements
· Has not been updated in a long time.
International Environmental Agreements Database Project
· "The IEA website is constantly being revised and updated. A major revision occurred over the
course of 2017, with the additon of numerous bilateral agreements and a wholescale updating
of membership actions for all MEAs and a large number of BEAs. Current content includes over
1,300 MEAs, over 2,200 BEAs, 250 other environmental agreements, and over 90,000 individual
country "membership actions" (dates of signature, ratification, or entry into force..."
· "Issue based modules for coherent implementation of biodiversity related conventions"
Treaties and international conventions @ The Graduate Institute of Geneva
Civil society initiatives
Global Pact for the Environment
What's the difference between ratification & accession, approval & adoption? See the UN's glossary of terms relating to treaty actions
Multilateral environmental agreements (MEAs), treaties & conventions
Contents of this page:
· Databases ~ UN system
· Databases ~ Other
· Civil Society initiatives
References to international environmental agreements are found throughout EarthWeb.info; this page focuses
on macro-guides to the online availability of information, as well as broad initiatives on environmental
cooperation.