Article 8(j): Traditional Knowledge, Innovations and Practices
Instruments, Guidelines, Codes and Statements

Existing instruments relevant to the programme of work

Environment-related instruments
Agenda 21
CITES
Convention on the Illicit (or International) Trade in Endangered Species
CMS
Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals
RAMSAR
Ramsar Convention on Wetlands of International Significance (Key documents)
RAMSAR
Ramsar Convention on Wetlands of International Significance (General Web site)
Rio Declaration
UN Convention to Combat Desertification
UN Declaration on Environment and Development
(the "Rio Declaration")
UN Framework Convention on Climate Change
UNCLOS
United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea
World Heritage Convention
Intellectual property instruments
Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works
Lisbon Agreement for the Protection of Appellations of Origin and their International Registration
Madrid Agreement for the Repression of False or Deceptive Indications of Source on Goods
Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property
Patent Cooperation Treaty
Trademark Law Treaty
UPOV Convention
International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants
WTO Agreement on Trade
Human rights instruments
Commission on Human Rights
Draft UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
ILO Convention 169 concerning Indigenous and Tribal Peoples in Independent Countries
International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
International Covenant on Social, Economic and Cultural Rights
Universal Declaration on Human Rights
Other relevant instruments
FAO International Undertaking on Plant Genetic Resources
UNESCO Convention on the Means of Prohibiting and Preventing the Illicit Import, Export and Transfer of Ownership of Cultural Property.
Guidelines formulated under intergovernmental agreements and by international agencies
UNESCO/ICSU Draft Declaration on Science and the Use of Scientific Knowledge, and the Science Agenda
Framework for Action (1998)

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