Environment related International Agreements signed by Ethiopia

Ethiopia was a member of the League of Nations and joined the United Nations on 13 November 1945.

Ethiopia is party to the following international environmental agreements(date of ratification):

Convention on Biological Diversity (5 April 1994)

http://www.biodiv.org/

Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety(24 May, 2000)

http://www.biodiv.org/biosafety/

Convention concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage (6 July 1977)

http://www.unesco.org/whc/nwhc/pages/doc/main.htm
  1. Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (5 April 1989)

    2. http://www.cites.org/eng/disc/text.shtml

  2. United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (signed 15 October 1994, and ratified 27 June 1997)

http://www.unccd.int/main.php

United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (signed but not yet ratified)

http://www.un.org/Depts/los/index.htm

United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (5 Aril 1994)

http://unfccc.int/

Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer (11 October 1994)

http://www.unep.ch/ozone/vienna.shtml

Montreal Protocol on Substances That Deplete the Ozone Layer(11 October 1994)

http://www.unep.org/ozone/montreal.shtml

Convention on the Prohibition of Military or Any Other Hostile Use of Environmental Modification Techniques(signed but not yet ratified since 1976)

http://www.unog.ch/disarm/distreat/environ.pdf

Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal(12 April, 2000)

http://www.unep.ch/basel/index.html

Treaty Banning Nuclear Weapons Tests in the Atmosphere, in Outer Space, and Under Water (signed but not yet ratified since 1963)

http://www.unog.ch/frames/disarm/distreat/part_ban.htm

Ethiopia has one natural World Heritage site: Simien National Park. The park was inscribed on the World Heritage List in 1978 to protect its stunning landscape and extremely rare species such as the Gelada baboon, Simien fox and Walia ibex. In 1996 the park was inscribed on the World Heritage List in Danger due to deterioration in the population of Walia ibex and other large mammals, as well as the increasing human population and road construction in the park (UNESCO, 2000).