Council of Arab Ministers Responsible for the Environment (CAMRE), organized by League of Arab States |
The Arab Initiative on Sustainable Development (AISD) |
Islamic Development Bank (IDB) |
Priorities within its technical cooperation programme include agricultural research and extension, crop protection, soil conservation, livestock breeding and husbandry, water management, and environmental sustainability |
Regional Organization for the Protection of the Marine Environment (ROPME) |
1. Action Plan for the Protection and Development of the Marine Environment and the Coastal Areas 2. Kuwait Regional Convention for Co-operation on the Protection of the Marine Environment from Pollution 3. Protocol concerning Regional Co-operation in Combating Pollution by Oil and Other Harmful Substances in Cases of Emergency |
Regional Organisation for the Conservation of the Environment of the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden (PERSGA) |
1. Regional Convention for the Conservation of the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden Environment (Jeddah Convention) 2. Action Plan for the Conservation of the Marine Environment and Coastal Areas in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden |
Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) |
Convention on the Conservation of Wildlife and their Natural Habitats in the Countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council |
Caspian Environment Programme (CEP) |
1. Framework Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment of the Caspian Sea 2. Strategic Action Programme (SAP) 3. National Caspian Action Plans |
International Fund for the Aral Sea Rehabilitation (IFAS), Intergovernmental Sustainable Development Commission (ISDC), Interstate Commission for Water Coordination (ICWC) |
1. Agreement on Joint Actions for the Solution of Problems of the Aral Sea and the Aral Sea Region in 1993 2. Agreement on the Cooperation in the Field of Environmental Protection and Rational Resource Use in March 1998 |
Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) and Ministerial Meeting on Environment |
Work Plan on Biodiversity in the ECO Region for the years 2007-2015 |
Mekong River Commission (MRC) |
1. Agreement on the Cooperation for the Sustainable Development of the Mekong River Basin 2. The Mekong Programme - Regional Cooperation Programme for the Sustainable Development of Water and Related Resources in the Mekong Basin |
Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on Environment (AMME) |
1. ASEAN Sub-regional Environmental Programmes (ASEP I, II, and III) 2. Strategic Plan of Action on the Environment, 1999-2004 (SPAE) 3. ASEAN Vision 2020 and the Vientiane Action Programme 2004-2010 (VAP) 4. ASEAN Center for Biodiversity |
Coordinating Body on the Seas of East Asia (COBSEA) |
Action Plan for the Protection and Development of the Marine and Coastal Areas of the East Asian Region |
Partnerships in Environmental Management for the Seas of East Asia (PEMSEA) |
1. Haikou Partnership Agreement in December 2006 2. East Asian Seas (EAS) Congress, held every three years 3. East Asian Seas (EAS) Partnership Council 4. PEMSEA Resource Facility 5. Regional Partnership Fund
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