• International Tropical Timber Agreement (2006)
• International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (ITPGRFA) (2001)
• The Earth Charter (2000)
• UN Convention on Biological Diversity (UN CBD) (1992)
  • Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from their Utilization (2010)
  • Nagoya-Kuala Lumpur Supplementary Protocol on Liability and Redress to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (2010)
  • Tkarihwaié:ri Code of Ethical Conduct to Ensure Respect for the Cultural and Intellectual Heritage of Indigenous and Local Communities (2010)
  • Global Strategy for Plant Conservation (2010)
  • Programme of Work on Protected Areas (2004)
  • Addis Ababa Principles and Guidelines for the Sustainable Use of Biodiversity (2004)
  • Akwé: Kon voluntary guidelines for the conduct of cultural, environmental and social impact assessments regarding developments proposed to take place on, or which are likely to impact on, sacred sites and on lands and waters traditionally occupied or used by indigenous and local communities (2004)
  • Bonn Guidelines on Access to Genetic Resources and Fair and Equitable Sharing of the Benefits Arising out of their Utilization (2002)
  • Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (2000)
  • Malawi Principles on the Ecosystem Approach (1998)
  • Payment for Ecosystem Services (PES)
• UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) (1994)
• UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) (1992)
  • UN Collaborative Programme on Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation in Developing Countries (REDD)
• Agenda 21 (1992)
• Rio Declaration on Environment and Development (1992)
• Convention on Environmental Impact Assessment in a Transboundary Context (1991)
• UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (1982)
• Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Wild Species (1979)
• Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (1973)
• Stockholm Declaration on the Human Environment (1972)
• UN Convention on Wetlands of International Importance, Especially as Waterfowl Habitat (Ramsar Convention) (1971)
• International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling (1946)

Realising Farmers’ Rights under the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (Andersen, 2006)
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Towards a People’s History of the Law: Biocultural Jurisprudence and the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit Sharing (Bavikatte and Robinson, 2011)
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Indigenous and Local Communities and Protected Areas: Towards Equity and Enhanced Conservation (Borrini-Feyerabend et al., 2004)
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What is REDD? A Guide for Indigenous Communities (IWGIA, Tebtebba, AIPP, and FPP, 2010)
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