For information on the agreements below see Biodiversity and species conservation (opens in new window) [Ministry for Foreign Affairs and Trade Manatū Aorere website (MFAT)].

• Convention on Biological Diversity
• Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora
• Convention on Wetlands of International Importance especially as Waterfowl Habitat (Ramsar Convention)

Information on the agreements below are also on the [MFAT website]

• The Antarctica Treaty System (opens in new window),
• United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, see Oceans and fisheries (opens in new window)
• Convention for the Protection of the Natural Resources and Environment of the South Pacific Region (see the end of the Oceans and fisheries (opens in new window) webpage).

Find out about our treaty obligations on the MFAT website (opens in new window).

• Treaties (opens in new window)
• New Zealand treaties online (opens in new window) - up-to-date information on New Zealand's international treaty obligations.

New Zealand also has international environmental obligations associated with Free trade agreements (opens in new window).