This handbook includes the following conventions and instruments: i) Convention On Wetlands Of International Importance Especially As Waterfowl Habitat (1971); ii) Convention For The Protection Of The World Cultural And Natural Heritage (1972); iii) Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Life and Flora (1973); iv) Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS 1979); v) United Nations Convention On The Law Of The Sea, Chapter 1 & 12 (1982); vi) Vienna Convention For The Protection Of The Ozone Layer (1985); vii) Montreal Protocol On Substances That Deplete The Ozone Layer (1987); viii) Base! Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal (1989); ix) Convention On Biological Diversity (1992); x) United Nations Framework Convention On Climate Change (1992); xi) International Tropical Timber Agreement (1994); xii) United Nations Convention To Combat Desertification In Those Countries Experiencing Serious Drought And / Or Desertification, Particulary in Africa (1994); xiii) Stockholm Declaration Of The United Nations Conference On The Human Environment (1972); xiv) Rio Declaration On Environment And Development (1992); xv) Forest Principles - UNCED; xvi) Washington Declaration On Protection Of The Marine Environment From Land-Based Activities (1995); xvii) South Asia Regional Seas Action Plan; xviii) Resolutions for the Implementation of the South Asian Seas Action Plan; xix) The Langkawi Declaration On Environment (1989); xx) Vienna Convention On The Law Of Treaties (1969); and xxi) Declaration On Principles Of International Law Concerning Friendly Relations And Co-operation Among States In Accordance With The Charter Of The United Nations (1970).