Leis Internacionais de Conservação de Recursos Naturais

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MSc Global Logistics/Sustainability and Green Logistics/Sustainability and Green Logistics: An 
Introduction 
Examples of International Resource 
Conservation Laws 
 
International Resource Sustainability Laws 
Body of 
Law 
Description Examples 
Impact 
Assessment 
They govern the emission 
of air pollutants into the 
atmosphere. 
• United Nations 1992 Framework on 
Climate Change Convention (article 
4f), Rio De Janeiro, 1992 
• United Nations Kyoto 
Protocol (articles 2.3, 3.14, 12.3, 12.5, 
13.4a), Kyoto 1997 
Water 
Resources 
They govern the ownership 
and use of water resources 
including surface and 
ground water. 
• United Nations Convention on the 
Law of the Sea, Montego Bay, 1982 
• United Nations Convention on the 
Protection and Use of Transboundary 
Watercourses & International Lakes 
(Water Convention), Helsinki 1992 
Mineral 
Resources 
They govern the ownership 
of the mineral resource and 
who can work them. 
• Antarctic Treaty, Washington 1959 
• Madrid Protocol on Environmental 
Protection to the Antarctic 
Treaty, Madrid 1991 
Forest 
Resources 
They govern activities in 
designated forest lands 
(e.g. forest management 
and timber harvesting) 
• United Nations International Tropical 
Timber Agreement, Genova 1983, 
1994, 2006 
• United Nations Convention to Combat 
Desertification, Bonn 1994 
Wild Life 
and Plants 
They govern the potential 
impact of human activity 
on wild animals, whether 
directly on individuals or 
• Ramsar Convention on 
Wetlands, Ramsar 1971 
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populations, or indirectly 
via habitat degradation. 
• Bern Convention on the Conservation 
of European Wildlife and Natural 
Habitats, Bern 1979 
• CMS/Bonn Convention on the 
Conservation of Migratory Species of 
Wild Animals, Bonn 1979 
Fish and 
Game 
They govern the 
prevention of pursuing, 
taking or killing certain 
kinds of fish and wild 
animal (game). 
• United Nations Convention on 
Biological Diversity (Biodiversity 
Convention), Rio de Janeiro 1992 
• United Nations Fish Stocks 
Agreement for the implementation of 
the Law of the Sea, N.York 1995 
 
	MSc Global Logistics/Sustainability and Green Logistics/Sustainability and Green Logistics: An Introduction
	International Resource Sustainability Laws
	Examples 
	Description 
	Body of Law 
	 United Nations 1992 Framework on Climate Change Convention (article 4f), Rio De Janeiro, 1992  
	They govern the emission of air pollutants into the atmosphere. 
	Impact Assessment  
	 United Nations Kyoto Protocol (articles 2.3, 3.14, 12.3, 12.5, 13.4a), Kyoto 1997  
	 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, Montego Bay, 1982  
	They govern the ownership and use of water resources including surface and ground water.  
	Water Resources 
	 United Nations Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses & International Lakes (Water Convention), Helsinki 1992 
	 Antarctic Treaty, Washington 1959 
	They govern the ownership of the mineral resource and who can work them.  
	Mineral Resources 
	 Madrid Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty, Madrid 1991 
	 United Nations International Tropical Timber Agreement, Genova 1983, 1994, 2006 
	They govern activities in designated forest lands (e.g. forest management and timber harvesting)  
	Forest Resources  
	 United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification, Bonn 1994 
	They govern the potential impact of human activity on wild animals, whether directly on individuals or populations, or indirectly via habitat degradation.  
	 Ramsar Convention on Wetlands, Ramsar 1971 
	Wild Life and Plants 
	 Bern Convention on the Conservation of European Wildlife and Natural Habitats, Bern 1979 
	 CMS/Bonn Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals, Bonn 1979 
	 United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity (Biodiversity Convention), Rio de Janeiro 1992 
	They govern the prevention of pursuing, taking or killing certain kinds of fish and wild animal (game).  
	Fish and Game 
	 United Nations Fish Stocks Agreement for the implementation of the Law of the Sea, N.York 1995