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Contact points (CBD & other agreements)
Contact points in Belgium for international nature- and biodiversity-related agreements, organisations and programmes
| Release date | 08/11/2007 |
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International agreements | |
 CBD | United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity |
 AEWA | African Eurasian Migratory Water Bird Agreement |
 BWC | Global Ballast Water Convention |
 CCAMLR | Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources |
 CEP | Committee for Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty |
 CITES | Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (Washington Convention) |
 CMS | Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (Bonn Convention) |
 DIVERSITAS | International biodiversity research programme |
 GBIF | Global Biodiversity Information Facility |
 IWC | International Whaling Commission |
 MAB | UNESCO’s Programme on Man and the Biosphere |
 RAMSAR | Convention on Wetlands of International Importance especially as Waterfowl Habitat (Ramsar Convention) |
 UNCLOS | United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea |
 UNFCCC | United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change UNFCC contact person in Belgium |
 UNFCCD | United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification |
 UNFF | United Nations Forum on Forests |
 WHC | World Heritage Convention |
European agreements | |
 ASCOBANS | Agreement on the Conservation of Small Cetaceans of the Baltic and North Seas |
 BERN | Convention on the Conservation of European Wildlife and Natural Habitats |
 EEA | European Environment Agency, EIONET |
 EPBRS | European Platform for Biodiversity Research and Strategy |
 EUROBATS | Agreement on the Conservation of Bats in Europe |
 LANDSCAPE | European Landscape Convention |
 MCPFE | Ministerial Conference for the Protection of Forests in Europe |
  NATURA 2000 | |
 OSPAR | Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment of the North-East Atlantic (OSPAR Convention) |
 PEBLDS | Pan-European Biological and Landscape Diversity Strategy |