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Australia's international role in conserving biodiversity

Australia can do much to conserve its own biological diversity and contribute to the global conservation and ecologically sustainable use of biological diversity but it is also an issue requiring effective international cooperation. Australia participates in development and implementation of many international agreements dealing with the environmental and biodiversity conservation and sustainable use. These include global and regional conventions and treaties and bilateral agreements.

  • Australia's Strategy for Nature

Conventions

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Agreements

  • Agreement on the Conservation of Albatrosses and Petrels
  • Agreement between the Government of Australia and the Government of the People's Republic of China for the Protection of Migratory Birds and their Environment (CAMBA)
  • Agreement between the Government of Australia and the Government of Japan for the Protection of Migratory Birds in Danger of Extinction and their Environment (JAMBA)
  • Agreement between the Government of Australia and the Government of the Republic of Korea on the Protection of Migratory Birds (ROKAMBA)

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  • Memorandum of Understanding on the Conservation of Migratory Sharks
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