ASCOBANS

CMS Family of Agreements

Convention of the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS)	African-Eurasian Waterbird Agreement (AEWA)	Agreement of the Conservation of Albatrosses and Petrels (ACAP)	Agreement on the Conservation of Cetaceans in the Black Sea, Mediterranean Sea and contiguous Atlantic area (ACCOBAMS)
Agreement on the Conservation of Populations of European Bats (EUROBATS)	Common Wadden Sea Secretariat (CWSS)	Indian Ocean-South-East Asian Marine Turtle Memorandum of Understanding (IOSEA)	CMS Memorandum of Understanding for the Conservation of Cetaceans and their Habitats in the Pacific Islands Region

IGOs & MEAs

Bern Convention	Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD)	Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES)	European Commission DG Environment
European Environment Agency	Helsinki Commission - Baltic Marine Environment Protection Commission (HELCOM)	International Maritime Organisation	International Whaling Commission (IWC)
North Atlantic Marine Mammal Commission (NAMMCO)	Oceans and Law of the Sea	Commission for the Protection of the Marine-Environment of the North-East Atlantic (OSPAR)	Ramsar Convention on Wetlands
UNESCO World Heritage Convention	United Nations Environment Programme	United Nations

Regional/International Committees and Agreements

Baltic 21	Baltic Sea Commission	Baltic Sea Regional Advisory Council	International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES)
Marine Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functioning EU Network of Excellence (Marbef)	North Sea Regional Advisory Council (NSRAC)	North Western Waters Regional Advisory Council (NWWRAC)

NGOs

Baltic Centre of Excellence for Development, Education and Research (BALTDER)	Baltic Sea Breeze	Coalition Clean Baltic	European Cetacean Society (ECS)
Gesellschaft zum Schutz der Meeressäugetiere	Greenpeace	International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW)	International Union for Conservation of Nature
Marine Connection	M.E.E.R. e.V	Organisation Cetacea (ORCA)	Sea Watch Foundation
Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society (WDCS)	World Wide Found for Nature (WWF)

COUNTRIES & INDEPENDENT NATIONAL INSTITUTIONS

Belgium	Belgium, Ministry of Social Affairs, Public Health and the Environment (Flemish) (French) (English)

Denmark	Denmark, Ministry of the Environment (Danish) (English)

Estonia	Estonia, Ministry of the Environment (Estonian) (English)

Finland	Finland, Ministry of the Environment (Finnish) (English)
Särkänniemi Dolphinarium

France	France, Ministry of Ecology, Energy, Sustainable Development and Land Settlement (French)

Germany	Germany, Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (German) (English)
Deutsches Meeresmuseum (DMM)	Habitat Mare Natura 2000	Museum König Bonn	Schutzstation Wattenmeer

Ireland	Ireland, The Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government (Gaelic) (English)
Irish Marine Institute	Irish Whale and Dolphin Group

Latvia	Latvia, Ministry of the Environment (Latvian) (English)
Natural History Museum Latvia

Lithuania	Lithuania, Ministry of the Environment (Lithuanian) (English)
Lithuanian Sea Museum

Netherlands	Netherlands, Ministry of Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment (Dutch) (English)

Norway	Norway, Ministry of the Environment (Norwegian) (English)

Poland	Poland, Ministry of the Environment (Polish) (English)
Hel Marine Station, Poland	Green Ferderation GAJA (Polish Language only)

Portugal	Portugal, Ministry of the Environment, Spatial Planning and Regional Development (Portuguese) (English)

Russian Federation	Russian Federation, Ministry of Natural Resources (Russian) (English)

Spain	Spain, Ministry of the Environment (Spanish) (English)

Sweden	Sweden, Ministry of Sustainable Development (Swedish) (English)
Göteborg Natural History Museum	Havets Hus	Swedish Museum of Natural History - Swedish porpoise reporting programme

UK	United Kingdom, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) (English)
Joint Nature Conservation Committee	Sea Mammal Research Unit, University of St. Andrews