Australia is party to several international environment agreements. We do so to help protect our environment. These include:
- Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna And Flora (CITES)
- Convention on Biological Diversity
- The Nagoya Protocol - Convention on Biological Diversity
- Minamata Convention on Mercury
- Rotterdam Convention
- Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants
- Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes
- Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer
- London Convention on the Prevention of Marine Pollution by Dumping of Wastes and Other Matter
- Ramsar Convention on Wetlands
- Australia and the Antarctic Treaty System
- World Heritage Convention
- United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
- United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification
- Convention of Migratory Species of Wild Animals
- Vienna Convention for the Protection of Ozone Layer
- International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling