INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL TREATIES

Name of Treaty	Date of Jamaica’s Ratification/Accession
Convention concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage	June 14, 1983
Protocol to the Cartagena Convention concerning Cooperation in Combating Oil Spills in the Wider Caribbean Region [Oil Spills Protocol]	April 1, 1987
Convention for the Protection and Development of the Marine Environment of the Wider Caribbean Region [Cartagena Convention]	May 1, 1987
Protocol on Specially Protected Areas and Wildlife [SPAW] to the Cartagena Convention on the Protection of the Marine Environment of the Wider Caribbean Region	Signatory: Jan. 18, 1990; Not yet ratified
Convention on Biological Diversity [CBD]	Jan. 6, 1995
Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES)	June 22, 1997
Ramsar Convention on Wetlands of International Importance especially as Waterfowl Habitats [RAMSAR]	Oct. 7, 1997
United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification [UNCCD]	Nov. 12, 1997
Protocol on Land-based Sources and Activities to the Cartagena Convention on the Protection of the Marine Environment of the Wider Caribbean Region	October 6, 1999
Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety to the Convention on Biological Diversity	September 25, 2012