InforMEA is the United Nations Information Portal on Multilateral Environmental Agreements, an online portal that provides information about the Multilateral Environmental Agreements (MEA's) to the public.[1] The InforMEA initiative is facilitated by the United Nations Environment Programme and supported by the European Union. It seeks to develop Inter-operable information systems for the benefit of the (MEA)Parties and the environment community at large.
Formation | 2009 |
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Legal status | Active |
Headquarters | Nairobi, Kenya |
Website | www.informea.org |
Since the launch of the InforMEA platform in 2011 the services of InforMEA have expanded from providing a Thesaurus on Environmental Law and Conventions to enabling access to MEA related information in the form of decisions, resolutions, news, calendars of events, a glossary, lists of Parties, national focal points, national reports and strategies.[2][3][4] InforMEA also provides access to 28 free online e-learning courses related to the MEA's, which are used in University curriculum's including that of Macquarie University in Sydney,[5] the University of Eastern Finland[6] and the UN system staff college (UNSSC).[7]
The InforMEA Initiative consists of 20 Multilateral Environmental Agreements hosted with four United Nations bodies. MEAs include: Basel, Rotterdam, Stockholm and Minamata (Chemicals and Wastes); CBD(Biodiversity); CITES (Trade in Wildlife); ITPR-FA (Plants); Vienna (Ozone); Ramsar (Wetlands); UNESCO-WHC (World Heritage); UNCCD (Deserts); UNFCCC (Climate Change); 5 UNECE Conventions and a number of regional conventions.
References
edit- ^ "Launch of InforMEA – the United Nations Information Portal on Multilateral Environmental Agreements (MEAs)". UNESCO. 14 June 2011.
- ^ Davidson, Nick C. (2016). "Biodiversity-related Conventions and Initiatives relevant to Wetlands". The Wetland Book. Springer, Dordrecht. pp. 1–18. doi:10.1007/978-94-007-6172-8_117-2. ISBN 9789400761728.
- ^ Tanya Rosen (25 May 2012). "InforMEA Expands to Include New Tools and Members". IISD.
- ^ Mauerhofer, V. (2015). 3-D Sustainability and Its Contribution to Governance Assessment in Legal Terms: Examples and Perspectives.
- ^ "InforMEA Climate Law". unitguides.mq.edu.au. 17 December 2017.
- ^ "United Nations Environment Programme (UN Environment) Course on Multilateral Environmental Agreements". UEF. 2018.
- ^ "Sustainable Development Learning". UNSSC. 2018.