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Signatories
and Ratifications
C-8: CONVENTION ON NATURE PROTECTION AND WILD LIFE PRESERVATION
IN THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE
ADOPTED AT: WASHINGTON, D.C., UNITED STATES
CONF/ASSEM/MEETING: GENERAL SECRETARIAT OF THE ORGANIZATION OF AMERICAN STATES
ENTRY INTO FORCE: 05/01/42 IN ACCORDANCE WITH ARTICLE XI OF THE CONVENTION
DEPOSITORY: OAS GENERAL SECRETARIAT (ORIGINAL INSTRUMENT AND RATIFICATIONS)
TEXT: OAS, TREATIES SERIES, NO. 31.
UN REGISTRATION: 03/03/53 No. 485 Vol. 161
GENERAL INFORMATION OF THE TREATY: C-8
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SIGNATORY COUNTRIES SIGNATURE REF RA/AC/AD REF DEPOSIT INST INFORMA REF
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Argentina ........... 05/19/41 R 1 05/08/46 R a 06/27/46 RA / /
Bolivia ............. 10/12/40 / / / / / /
Brazil .............. 12/27/40 06/25/65 08/26/65 RA / /
Chile ............... 01/22/41 08/23/67 12/04/67 RA / /
Colombia ............ 01/17/41 / / / / / /
Costa Rica .......... 10/24/40 12/02/66 01/12/67 RA / /
Cuba ................ 10/12/40 / / / / / /
Dominican Republic .. 10/12/40 01/28/42 03/03/42 RA / /
Ecuador ............. 10/12/40 11/15/43 10/20/44 RA / /
El Salvador ......... 10/12/40 10/14/41 12/02/41 RA / /
Guatemala ........... 04/09/41 07/28/41 08/14/41 RA / /
Haiti ............... 04/29/41 12/30/41 01/31/42 RA / /
Mexico .............. 11/20/40 02/26/42 03/27/42 RA / /
Nicaragua ........... 10/12/40 04/27/46 05/22/46 RA / /
Panama .............. 12/16/65 02/24/72 03/16/72 RA / /
Paraguay ............ 04/10/79 07/25/80 01/30/81 RA 04/24/13 d
Peru ................ 10/12/40 11/12/46 11/22/46 RA / /
Suriname ............ 04/30/85 01/23/85 D b 04/30/85 RA 04/30/85 b
Trinidad and Tobago . 04/24/69 04/12/69 04/24/69 RA / /
United States ....... 10/12/40 04/15/41 04/28/41 RA / /
Uruguay ............. 12/09/40 11/10/69 04/09/70 RA / /
Venezuela ........... 10/12/40 10/09/41 11/03/41 RA 03/19/87 c
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REF = REFERENCE INST = TYPE OF INSTRUMENT
D = DECLARATION RA = RATIFICATION
R = RESERVATION AC = ACCEPTANCE
INFORMA = INFORMATION REQUIRED BY THE TREATY AD = ACCESSION
*DECLARATIONS/RESERVATIONS/DENUNCIATIONS/WITHDRAWALS
C-8: CONVENTION ON NATURE PROTECTION AND WILD LIFE PRESERVATION
IN THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE
1. Argentina:
(Reservation made at the time of signature)
Existing resources in national parks may only be exploited for commercial purposes in those regions which,
despite their lack of the characteristics necessary to be considered national parks,
have been incorporated into the system solely to maintain a uniformity of action in those areas,
and when such exploitation will not be contrary to the general purpose of the law which established them,
and the exploitation is sufficient to maintain the principle of regional development according
to the needs of each country.
a. Argentina:
(Reservation made at the time of ratification)
With the reservation made at the time of signature.
b. Suriname:
(Notification presented at the time of ratification)
The Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Suriname hereby notifies that for the purpose of
above-mentioned Convention (Convention on Nature Protection and
Wild Life Preservation in the Western Hemisphere):
-- The Scientific Authority will be the
"Natuurbeschermings- commissie" (Commission on
Nature-Conservation) care of "Suriname Forest Service"; P.O.B.
436, 10 Cornelis Jongbawstraat, Paramaribo - Suriname
Telex: ALBUZA - SN 118 & 132.
-- The Management Authority will be the "Hoofd van de
Dienst s'Lands Bosbeheer" (Head of Forest Service) care of
"Head Nature Conservation Division", Paramaribo - Suriname
Telex: ALBUZA - SN 118 & 132.
-- The Boundaries of the Nature Reserve Coppename
Rivermouth, which is situated along the Atlantic Ocean and east
of the Coppename Rivermouth are:
(legislation and map are included)
western and northern boundaries: by the low tide along the
coast;
eastern boundary: by a north-south line from a point situated
1000 meters east of the mouth of the Tonihollocreek, up to a
point at a distance of 2000 meters;
southern boundary: by a line beginning in the last mentioned
point and going in western direction and parallel to the
coastline.
c. Venezuela:
(Provided information)
On March 19, 1987, communicated that by Presidential Decree No. 1363 of November 1986,
published in the Special No. 3934 of the Official Gazette, the Marsh "Los Olivitos", located
in the jurisdiction of the Miranda District, Zulia State, Venezuela, was declared Refuge for Wild
Fauna.
On April 24, 2013, Paraguay submitted a list of "protected wilderness areas in the public domain,
private, biospheres and autonomous bodies" in the framework of the Convention on Nature Protection
and Wild Life Preservation in the Western Hemisphere, through the attached note 286-13/MPP/OEA.
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