Links to Environmental Convention Secretariats

Oceans,Seas and Water

Barcelona Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment and the Coastal Region of the Mediterranean


Abidjan Convention for Co-operation in the protection and Development of the Marine and Coastal Environment of the West and Central African Region

East Asian Seas Action Plan

Cartagena Convention for the Protection and Development of the Marine Environment of the Wider Caribbean Region

Nairobi Convention for the Protection, Management and Development of the Marine and Coastal Environment of the Eastern Africa Region

North-West Pacific Action Plan/NOWPAP

Guatemala Convention for the North-East Pacific

Helsinki Convention on the Protection of the Marine Environment of the Baltic Sea Area

OSPAR Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment of the North-East Atlantic (Oslo and Paris conventions)

  Arctic Council for the Protection of the Arctic Marine Environment

United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS)

Global Programme of Action for the Protection of the Marine Environment from Land-based Activities