International Agreements
New Zealand participates
in many international agreements that affect biodiversity protection
and management. International
biodiversity agreements to which New Zealand is a party are identified
below.
Descriptions of the age and status of most of these agreements, including
the date of New Zealand's ratification, are maintained by the Ministry
for the Environment.
- Agreement on the Conservation of Albatrosses and Petrels 2001
- Antarctic Treaty 1959:
New Zealand's involvement - Convention on the Conservation of Nature in the South Pacific 1976 ("Apia Convention")
- Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety
- Convention
on Biological Diversity 1992 (CBD)
More information:
New Zealand’s involvement
CBD Clearing-House Mechanism (CHM)
The CBD Clearing-House Mechanism seeks to promote and facilitate technical and scientific cooperation within and between countries. New Zealand’s National Focal Points and National Biodiversity Links relevant to biodiversity are listed by the CBD. - Convention
on the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources 1980 (CCAMLR)
New Zealand’s involvement - Convention
on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals - Bonn
Convention 1983 (CMS)
More information:
New Zealand’s involvement - Convention for the Conservation of Southern Bluefin Tuna 1993 (CCSBT)
- Convention
on International Trade In Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and
Flora 1973 (CITES)
More information:
The Department of Conservation is the management authority responsible for administering CITES in New Zealand, while the New Zealand Customs Service and the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry Quarantine Service are responsible for monitoring and enforcing CITES trade documentation at the border. - Global Plant Conservation Strategy 2002
- International
Convention for the Regulation of Whaling 1946
New Zealand’s involvement - Ramsar
Convention on Wetlands 1971
More information:
Ramsar home
New Zealand's involvement and Ramsar sites - SPREP
- Convention for the Protection of the Natural Resources and Environment
of the South Pacific Region 1986
SPREP home
New Zealand's involvement - United
Nations Agreement on Straddling Fish Stocks and Highly Migratory
Fish Stocks 1995
New Zealand's involvement - United
Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea 1982
New Zealand's involvement - World Heritage Convention 1972 (WHC)
New Zealand’s involvement
World Heritage Sites in New Zealand
Source: reproduced from New Zealand Biodiversity
