ENVIRONMENTAL LEGISLATION

INTERNATIONAL LEVEL

 International legislation must depend on the agreement of the parties concerned. Certain issues of multinational concern are addressed by collection of policies, agreements, and treaties that are loosely called International Environmental Legislations. Most of the international legislations are international agreements to which nations adhere voluntarily. These agreements are generally finalized through international conventions or treaties. Nations that have agreed to be bound by the convention are known as Parties. Convention provides a framework to be respected by each party, which has to adopt its own national legislations to make sure that convention is implemented at national level. To support the conventions, some time protocols are also to be framed. A protocol is an international agreement that stands on its own but is linked to an existing convention.