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:

Convention on Biological Diversity

https://www.cbd.int

Australia, Cook Islands, France, Fiji, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Nauru, New Zealand, Niue, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu

Convention on Migratory Species

 

https://www.cms.int

Australia, Cook Islands, Fiji, France, New Zealand, Palau, Samoa

Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora

https://cites.org/eng

Australia, United Kingdom, Papua New Guinea, France, New Zealand, Vanuatu, Fiji, Palau, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga

Basel Convention on the control of transboundary movements of hazardous wastes and their disposal

https://www.brsmeas.org

Australia, Cook Islands, France, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Nauru, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu

Rotterdam Convention to promote share responsibilities in relation to importation of hazardous chemicals. 

 

https://www.brsmeas.org

Australia, Cook Islands, France, Marshall Islands, New Zealand, Samoa, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu

Stockholm Convention aims to eliminate or restrict the production and use of persistent organic pollutants. 

https://www.brsmeas.org

Australia, Cook Islands, Fiji, France, Kiribati, Nauru, New Zealand, Niue, Palau, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu

Minamata Convention to protect human health and the environment from anthropogenic emissions and releases of mercury and mercury compounds. 

https://www.mercuryconvention.org

Australia, France, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, New Zealand, Palau, Samoa, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu

Convention to ban the importation into Forum Island Countries of hazardous wastes within the South Pacific Region (Waigani Convention)

https://www.sprep.org/convention-secretariat/waigani-convention

Australia, Cook Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji, Kiribati, New Zealand, Nauru, Niue, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu

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

Australia, Cook Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji, France, Marshall Islands, Nauru, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, United States of America