Name

Signed / Ratified or Accessed

Ramsar Convention (Convention on Wetlands of International Importance specially as waterfowl Habitat)

20.4.1992 (Ratified)

UNESCO (Convention Concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage)

03.08.1983 (Accepted), 03.11.1983 (ratified)

CBD (Convention on Biological Diversity)

05.06.1992 (signed), 20.03.1994 (ratified)

UNCCD (United Nations Conventions to Combat Desertification)

14.10.1994 (signed), 26.01.1996 (ratified)

CITES Convention (Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species)

20.11.1981 (signed), 18.02.1982 (Ratified)

EAAFP (East Asian Australasian Flyway Partnership)

Bangladesh joined in 2010.

APFNet (Asia Pacific Network for Sustainable Forest Management)

Officially launched on 25th September 2008 in Beijing.Focal point CCF, Forest Department

GTF (Global Tiger Forum)

Established in 1994. HQ New Delhi. 1st general assembly held in Dhaka in 2000.

UN REDD Program (Reducing Emission from Deforestation and Forests Degradation in Developing Countries)

Started in 2008. Bangladesh joins in 2010. Focal point: DCCF Education &Training Wing, Forest Department.

UNFF (United Nations Forum on Forests)

Establish in 2000. International Year of Forest 2011. Focal point: Joint secretary (Administration), Ministry of Environment of Forests

Nagoya Protocol

Nagoya Protocol adapted in CBD, COP 10 in Japan, 2010.

MFF (Mangrove for Future)

Bangladesh became member in 2012 in the 9th Regional steering Committee.

IUCN operational Focal Point in Bangladesh.Joint programme of IUCN & UNDP. Focal point: CCF, Forest Department

SAWEN (South Asia Wildlife Enforcement Network)

Bangladesh joined in 2013.

APAP (Asia Protected Area Partnership)

Bangladesh joined in 2014. To provide technical support for Asia's Protected Areas.