International treaties and conventions related to biodiversity ratified by Lebanon
Title of the Treaty |
Year of Issuance of the Treaty |
Signature/Adhesion/Ratification/Accession by the Government of Lebanon |
International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution of the Sea by Oil. |
1954 |
Adhesion: 16/11/1966, Law n°68/66. |
Treaty Banning Nuclear Weapons Tests in the Atmosphere, in Outer Space and in Underwater. |
1963 |
Ratification: 30/12/1964, Law n°59/64. |
International Convention on Civil Liability for Oil Pollution Damage. |
1969 |
Ratification: 12/10/1973, Law n°28/73. |
International Convention relating to Intervention on the High Seas in cases of Oil Pollution Casualties. |
1969 |
Ratification: 12/10/1974, Decree n°9226. |
Treaty on the Prohibition of the Emplacement of Nuclear Weapons and other Weapons of Mass Destruction on the Seabed and the Oecan Floor and in the Subsoil-London-Moscow-Washington |
1971 |
Ratification: Decree n°9133 dated 7/10/1974 |
Convention on the Prevention of Marine Pollution by Dumping of Wastes and Other Matter. London, Mexico city, Moscow, Washington. |
1972 |
Signature: 15/05/1973. Not ratified. |
International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships; London. |
1973 |
Adhesion: 24/11/1993. |
Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES). |
1975 |
Law n° 233 dated 22/10/2012 |
Convention for the Protection of the Mediterranean Sea against Pollution; Barcelona. |
1976 |
Signature: 16/02/1976; Accession: 30/06/1977 by Decree-Law n°126. |
Protocol Concerning Co-operation in Combating Pollution of the Mediterranean Sea by Oil and Other Harmful Substances in Cases of Emergency; Barcelona. |
1976 |
Signature: 16/02/1976; Accession: 30/06/1977 Decree-Law n°126. |
Protocol for the Prevention and Elimination of Pollution of the Mediterranean Sea by Dumping from Ships and Aircraft; Barcelona. |
1976 |
Signature: 16/2/1976; Accession: 30/06/1977 Decree Llaw n°126. |
Protocol for the Protection of the Mediterranean Sea against Pollution from Land-Based Sources; Athens |
1980 |
Adhesion: 17/05/1980; Accession: 27/12/1994. |
Convention of the Sea (Montego Bay); Jamaica. |
1982 |
Adhesion: 22/02/1994, Law n°295. |
Protocol Concerning Mediterranean Specially Protected Area. |
1982 |
Adhesion: 27/12/1994. |
Convention on Biological Diversity; Rio de Janeiro. |
1992 |
Ratification: Law n°360 dated 11/08/1994. |
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change; Rio de Janeiro. |
1992 |
Ratification: Law n°359 dated 11/08/1994. |
Convention on Wetlands of International Importance especially as Waterfowl Habitat –Ramsar. |
1999 |
Adhesion: Law n°23 dated 01/03/1999. |
Agreement on the Conservation of African-Eurasian Migratory Water Birds (AEWA). |
2002 |
Adhesion: Law n°412 dated 13/06/2002. |
Agreement on the Conservation of Cetaceans in the Black Sea, Mediterranean Sea and contiguous Atlantic (ACCOBAMS). |
2004 |
Adhesion: Law n°571 dated 05/02/2004. |
Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety to the CBD. |
2006 |
Ratification: Law n°31 dated 16/10/2008. |
Amendments to the Barcelona Convention. |
2008 |
Adhesion: Law n°34 dated 16/10/2008. |
Protocol on Integrated Coastal Zone Management in the Mediterranean |
2008 |
Ratification: Decree n°639 dated 18/09/2014 |
Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from their Utilization under the Convention on Biological Diversity. | 2010 | Law n° 3 dated 3/02/2017 |