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Vienna Convention COP 6 and Montreal Protocol MOP 14
MOP-14/COP-6 adopted 46 decisions, a larger number than ever before, covering: the Multilateral Fund replenishment and its fixed-exchange-rate mechanism (FERM); compliance issues; illegal trade; transition from chlorofluorocarbons (CFC) for metered-dose inhalers (MDIs); the relationship with the climate change regime; and interaction with the World Trade Organization (WTO).
8th Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Ramsar Convention (COP8)
Delegates considered and adopted more than 40 resolutions addressing a broad range of policy, technical, programme and budgetary matters, including wetlands and agriculture, climate change, cultural issues, mangroves, water allocation and management, and the Report of the World Commission on Dams.
12th Meeting of the CITES Conference of the Parties (COP12)
Delegates’ assessments of COP-12 were mixed. Many applauded the listing of seahorses, basking and whale sharks, and Bigleaf mahogany, and rejection of the proposals to downlist populations of minke and Bryde’s whales, but also expressed disappointment with the withdrawal of a listing proposal for the Patagonian toothfish.