CA Listicles : Summit, Declarations, Conventions
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RAMSAR Convention on Wetlands
The World Heritage Convention
Stockholm Conference
CITES
Convention on Supplementary
Compensation for Nuclear Damage
(CSC)
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- The Convention was adopted in the Iranian
city of Ramsar in 1971 and came into force in
1975 after UNESCO, the Convention’s
depositary received the instruments of
accession from the countries. An intergovernmental treaty that provides the framework for national action and
- The RAMSAR Secretariat is based at the international cooperation for the conservation and wise use of wetlands and Conventions
headquarters of the International Union for the their resources.
Conservation of Nature (IUCN) in Gland,
Switzerland.
- World Wetlands Day is celebrated on
February 2nd.
The Convention recognizes the way in which
people interact with nature, and the The Convention defines the kind of natural or cultural sites which can be
Conventions
fundamental need to preserve the balance considered for inscription on the World Heritage Listunder UNESCO
between the two.
Stockholm Declaration contains 26 principles. These principles provide the basis Summit/
of an International Policy for the Protection and improvement of the environment. Conference
To ensure that international trade in specimens of wild animals and plants does
not threaten the survival of the species in the wild, and it accords varying degrees Conventions
of protection to more than 35,000 species of animals and plants.
1.It was adopted on 12 September 1997. It can
enter into force after ratification by at least 5
countries having minimum of 400,000 units
of installed nuclear capacity. 2.It provides a
uniform framework for channelling liability
and providing speedy compensation after
the nuclear accident. Seeks to encourage Seeks to establish a uniform global legal regime for compensation to victims in the
regional and global co-operation to promote a unlikely event of a nuclear accident.
Conventions
higher level of nuclear safety in accordance