New
Zealand participates in many international agreements and institutions that
affect biodiversity protection and management.
AGREEMENTS
International biodiversity agreements to which New Zealand is
a party are identified below.
Descriptions
of the age and status of most of these agreements, including the date
of New Zealand's ratification, are maintained by the Ministry for the
Environment.
Agreement on
the Conservation of Albatrosses and Petrels 2001
Antarctic Treaty 1959: New
Zealand's involvement
Convention
on the Conservation of Nature in the South Pacific 1976 ("Apia Convention")
Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety
Convention on Biological Diversity 1992 (CBD)
More information:
New
Zealand’s involvement
CBD Clearing-House
Mechanism (CHM)
The CBD Clearing-House Mechanism seeks to promote and facilitate technical
and scientific cooperation within and between countries. New Zealand’s
National Focal
Points and National
Biodiversity Links relevant to biodiversity are listed by the CBD.
Convention on the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources 1980
(CCAMLR)
New
Zealand’s involvement
Convention
on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals - Bonn Convention
1983 (CMS)
More information:
New
Zealand’s involvement
Convention
for the Conservation of Southern Bluefin Tuna 1993 (CCSBT)
Convention on International Trade In Endangered Species of Wild Fauna
and Flora 1973 (CITES)
More information:
The Department of Conservation is the management authority responsible
for administering CITES in New Zealand, while the New
Zealand Customs Service and the Ministry
of Agriculture and Forestry Quarantine Service are responsible for
monitoring and enforcing CITES trade documentation at the border.
Global
Plant Conservation Strategy 2002
International
Convention for the Regulation of Whaling 1946
New Zealand’s involvement
Ramsar Convention on Wetlands 1971
More information:
Ramsar home
New Zealand's involvement and Ramsar
sites
SPREP
- Convention for the Protection of the Natural Resources and Environment
of the South Pacific Region 1986
SPREP home
New Zealand's
involvement
United
Nations Agreement on Straddling Fish Stocks and Highly Migratory Fish
Stocks 1995
New
Zealand's involvement
United
Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea 1982
New
Zealand's involvement
World Heritage Convention 1972 (WHC)
New
Zealand’s involvement
World Heritage Sites in New Zealand
INSTITUTIONS
New Zealand participates in a number of international institutions
relevant to biodiversity protection and management.
Commission on
Sustainable Development
New Zealand’s involvement
Environment Protection
and Heritage Council
EPHC is a joint Australia-New Zealand Ministerial Council and aims to
ensure the protection of the environment and heritage of Australia and
New Zealand. It replaces parts of the Australia-New
Zealand Environment and Conservation Council (ANZECC). The natural
resource management functions of ANZECC are addressed by the Natural
Resource Management Minsterial Council (NRMMC).
Global Biodiversity Information
Facility (GBIF) New Zealand has been a party to the facility since
February 2001.
Global Environment
Facility (GEF)
New
Zealand’s involvement
International Whaling
Commission
New
Zealand’s involvement
Natural Resource Management Ministerial
Council (NRMMC)
NRMMC is a joint Australia-New Zealand Ministerial Council, and replaces
parts of the Australia-New Zealand Environment and Conservation Council
(ANZECC). The NRMMC seeks to promote the conservation and sustainable
use of natural resources in New Zealand and Australia. The environment
and heritage protection functions of ANZECC are addressed by the Environment
Protection and Heritage Council (EPHC).
Spatial Information Council (ANZLIC)
– an intergovernmental council involving the governments of New Zealand
and Australia (including the states and territories). ANZLIC supports
the development and use of quality spatially referenced information in
Australia’s and New Zealand’s economic, social and environmental decision
making.
SPREP
New
Zealand’s involvement
UNEP
New Zealand’s involvement
UNEP World Conservation
and Monitoring Centre (WCMC)
World Conservation Union
(IUCN)
Contact the IUCN Contact, External Relations Division, Department of Conservation,
Wellington for further information about New Zealand’s involvement in
the IUCN:
Phone Number: 64 4 471 0726
Fax Number: 64 4 471 1082
Postal Address: PO Box 10420, Wellington
Last revised 23/07/2007 |
