International treaties and conventions related to biodiversity ratified by Lebanon

Title of the Treaty	Year of Issuance	Signature/ Adhesion/ Ratification/ Accession by the Government of Lebanon
International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution of the Sea by Oil.	1954	Adhesion: 16/11/1966, Law n°68/66.
Treaty Banning Nuclear Weapons Tests in the Atmosphere, in Outer Space and in Underwater.	1963	Ratification: 30/12/1964, Law n°59/64.
International Convention on Civil Liability for Oil Pollution Damage.	1969	Ratification: 12/10/1973, Law n°28/73.
International Convention relating to Intervention on the High Seas in cases of Oil Pollution Casualties.	1969	Ratification: 12/10/1974, Decree n°9226.
Treaty on the Prohibition of the Emplacement of Nuclear Weapons and other Weapons of Mass Destruction on the Seabed and the Ocean Floor and in the Subsoil-London-Moscow-Washington	1971	Ratification: Decree n°9133 dated 7/10/1974
Convention on the Prevention of Marine Pollution by Dumping of Wastes and Other Matter. London, Mexico city, Moscow, Washington.	1972	Signature: 15/05/1973. Not ratified.
International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships; London.	1973	Adhesion: 24/11/1993.
Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES).	1975	Law n° 233 dated 22/10/2012
Convention for the Protection of the Mediterranean Sea against Pollution; Barcelona.	1976	Signature: 16/02/1976; Accession: 30/06/1977 by Decree-Law n°126.
Protocol Concerning Co-operation in Combating Pollution of the Mediterranean Sea by Oil and Other Harmful Substances in Cases of Emergency; Barcelona.	1976	Signature: 16/02/1976; Accession: 30/06/1977 Decree-Law n°126.
Protocol for the Prevention and Elimination of Pollution of the Mediterranean Sea by Dumping from Ships and Aircraft; Barcelona.	1976	Signature: 16/2/1976; Accession: 30/06/1977 Decree Llaw n°126.
Protocol for the Protection of the Mediterranean Sea against Pollution from Land-Based Sources; Athens	1980	Adhesion: 17/05/1980; Accession: 27/12/1994.
Convention of the Sea (Montego Bay); Jamaica.	1982	Adhesion: 22/02/1994, Law n°295.
Protocol Concerning Mediterranean Specially Protected Area.	1982	Adhesion: 27/12/1994.
Convention on Biological Diversity; Rio de Janeiro.	1992	Ratification: Law n°360 dated 11/08/1994.
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change; Rio de Janeiro.	1992	Ratification: Law n°359 dated 11/08/1994.
Convention on Wetlands of International Importance especially as Waterfowl Habitat –Ramsar.	1999	Adhesion: Law n°23 dated 01/03/1999.
Agreement on the Conservation of African-Eurasian Migratory Water Birds (AEWA).	2002	Adhesion: Law n°412 dated 13/06/2002.
Agreement on the Conservation of Cetaceans in the Black Sea, Mediterranean Sea and contiguous Atlantic (ACCOBAMS).	2004	Adhesion: Law n°571 dated 05/02/2004.
Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety to the CBD.	2006	Ratification: Law n°31 dated 16/10/2008.
Amendments to the Barcelona Convention.	2008	Adhesion: Law n°34 dated 16/10/2008.
Protocol on Integrated Coastal Zone Management in the Mediterranean	2008	Ratification: Decree n°639 dated 18/09/2014
Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from their Utilization under theConvention on Biological Diversity	2010	Law n° 3 dated 3/02/2017