CONVENTION ON NATURE PROTECTION AND WILD LIFE PRESERVATION IN THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE

C-8: CONVENTION ON NATURE PROTECTION AND WILD LIFE PRESERVATION IN THE WESTERN  
HEMISPHERE

        ADOPTED AT: WASHINGTON, D.C., UNITED STATES

              DATE: 10/12/40

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

      OBSERVATIONS:

               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     /  /     
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

                                                                              
              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.

Text of the Treaty