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between tropical timber producers and consumers and to encourage the
development of national policies aimed at sustainable utilization and
conservation of tropical forests and their genetic resources
parties - (54) Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, Burma,
Cameroon, Canada, China, Colombia, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic
of the Congo, Cote d`Ivoire, Denmark, Ecuador, Egypt, EU, Fiji, Finland,
France, Gabon, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Guyana, Honduras, India, Indonesia,
Ireland, Italy, Japan, South Korea, Liberia, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Nepal,
Netherlands, NZ, Norway, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Peru, Philippines,
Portugal, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, Togo, Trinidad
and Tobago, UK, US, Venezuela

*International Tropical Timber Agreement, 1994:

note - abbreviated as Tropical Timber 94
opened for signature - 26 January 1994
entered into force - 1 January 1997
objective - to ensure that by the year 2000 exports of tropical
timber originate from sustainably managed sources; to establish a fund
to assist tropical timber producers in obtaining the resources necessary
to reach this objective
parties - (58) Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, Burma,
Cambodia, Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, China, Colombia,
Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo, Cote d`Ivoire,
Denmark, Ecuador, Egypt, EU, Fiji, Finland, France, Gabon, Germany, Ghana,
Greece, Guyana, Honduras, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Japan, South
Korea, Liberia, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Nepal, Netherlands, NZ, Norway,
Panama, Papua New Guinea, Peru, Philippines, Portugal, Spain, Suriname,
Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, Togo, Trinidad and Tobago, UK, US, Uruguay,
Vanuatu, Venezuela
countries that have signed, but not yet ratified - (1) Ireland

*Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change:

note - abbreviated as Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol
opened for signature - 16 March 1998, but not yet in force
objective - to further reduce greenhouse gas emissions by enhancing
the national programs of developed countries aimed at this goal and by
establishing percentage reduction targets for the developed countries
parties - (32) Antigua and Barbuda, Azerbaijan, The Bahamas, Barbados,
Bolivia, Cyprus, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Fiji, Georgia,
Guatemala, Guinea, Honduras, Jamaica, Kiribati, Lesotho, Maldives, Mexico,
Federated States of Micronesia, M