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Appendix A:International, National and State conventions and strategies

International

• Agreement for the Protection of Migratory Birds and Birds in Danger of Extinction and their Environment between the Government of Australia and the Government of Japan (JAMBA), 1974
• Agreement for the Protection of Migratory Birds and their Environment between the Governments of Australia and the People's Republic of China (CAMBA), 1986
• Convention for the Protection of the Natural Resources and Environment of the South Pacific Region (SPREP), 1986 and related protocols
• Convention for the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage, 1972
• Convention on Biological Diversity, 1992
• Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES), 1973
• Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (Bonn Convention), 1979
• Convention on the Conservation of Nature in the South Pacific (Apia Convention), 1976
• Convention on Wetlands of International Importance (Ramsar Convention), 1971
• Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) International Code of Conduct for Sustainable Fishing, 1995
• International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships (MARPOL), 1973/78
• International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS), 1974
• International Convention on Prevention of Marine Pollution by Dumping of Wastes and other Matter (London Dumping Convention), 1972
• Kyoto Declaration and Plan of Action on the Sustainable Contribution of Fisheries to Food Security, 1997
• South Pacific Regional Environment Program (SPREP) Protocol concerning co-operation in Combating Pollution Emergencies in the South Pacific Region, 1986
• South Pacific Regional Environment Program (SPREP) Protocol for the prevention of Pollution of the South Pacific Region by Dumping, 1986
• The Jakarta Mandate on Marine and Coastal Biological Diversity, 1995
• The United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), 1982
• UN Agreement on Straddling Fish Stocks and Highly Migratory Fish Stocks, 1995
• United Nations Commission on Environment and Development (UNCED), 1992
• Agenda 21, Chapter 17 (Covers the protection and use of oceans, seas and coastal areas), 1992
• United Nations Framework Convention on Climatic Change, 1992

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National/Federal

• Australia's Ocean Policy, 1998
• Good Practice Guidelines for Integrated Coastal Planning, 1998
• Living on the Coast: Commonwealth Coastal Policy, 1998
• National Strategy for Ecologically Sustainable Development, 1992
• National Strategy for the Conservation of Australia's Biological Diversity, 1996
• National Strategy on Aquaculture, 1994
• The Inter-Governmental agreement on the Environment (IGAE), 1992
• The National Greenhouse Strategy, 1998

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State

• Landscape Setting Types for the Victorian Coast, 1998
• Victorian Heritage Strategy 2000-2005, 2000
• Victorian Heritage Strategy: Shipwrecks 2000-2005, 2000
• Siting and Design Guidelines for Structures on the Victorian Coast, 1998
• State environment protection policies
• Victoria's Biodiversity: Directions in Management, 1997
• Victoria's Biodiversity: Our Living Wealth, 1997
• Victoria's Biodiversity: Sustaining Our Living Wealth, 1997
• Victorian Planning Provisions
• Nature Based Tourism - Directions and Opportunities for Victoria 2000-2003, 2000
• Draft Victorian Trails Strategy 2001-2004, 2001
• Victorian Ports Strategic Study, 2001
• Draft Victorian Recreational Boating Strategy, 2001

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Local/Regional

• Coastal action plans - including:
  - Anglesea Coastal Action Plan, 1999
  - Gippsland Lakes Coastal Action Plan, 1999
  - Lorne Coastal Action Plan, 1998
  - Warrnambool Coastal Action Plan, 1999
  - Waterfront Geelong Coastal Action Plan, 1998
  - Moyne Coastal Action Plan, 2001
  - Skenes Creek to Marengo Coastal Action Plan, 2001
  - Gippsland Coastal Waters Coastal Action Plan, 2001
• Regional catchment strategies and catchment action programs
• Fisheries and park management plans and strategies
• Management plans for foreshore areas and national parks and reserves
• Proposed metropolitan strategy for Melbourne
• Planning schemes - Municipal Strategic Statements
• Draft Strategy for Melbourne's Open Space: Linking people and spaces, 2001
• Proposed Great Ocean Road Region Strategy

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