Australia can do much to conserve its own biological diversity and contribute to the global conservation and ecologically sustainable use of biological diversity but it is also an issue requiring effective international cooperation. Australia participates in development and implementation of many international agreements dealing with the environmental and biodiversity conservation and sustainable use. These include global and regional conventions and treaties and bilateral agreements.
Conventions
- UN Convention on Biological Diversity
- Convention on the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR)
- Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Flora and Fauna
- Convention on Migratory Species
- International Whaling Commission
- International Year of Deserts and Desertification
- Joint Web Site of the Biodiversity Related Conventions
- Ramsar Convention on Wetlands
- UN Convention to Combat Desertification
- UN Framework Convention on Climate Change
- World Heritage Convention
Agreements
- Agreement on the Conservation of Albatrosses and Petrels
- Agreement between the Government of Australia and the Government of the People's Republic of China for the Protection of Migratory Birds and their Environment (CAMBA)
- Agreement between the Government of Australia and the Government of Japan for the Protection of Migratory Birds in Danger of Extinction and their Environment (JAMBA)
- Agreement between the Government of Australia and the Government of the Republic of Korea on the Protection of Migratory Birds (ROKAMBA)