Summary of Conventions

Country	Status	Year
Belgium	pending	29-Jul-1936
France	pending	08-Nov-1933
India	pending	09-Aug-1939
Italy	pending	27-Sep-1939
Portugal	pending	13-Jul-1950
South Africa	pending	14-Jan-1936
Spain	pending	13-Oct-1950
United Kingdom	pending	14-Apr-1936

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	Convention Relative to the Preservation of Fauna and Flora in their Natural State

     London, 8 November 1933

     (Entered into force 14 January 1936)

      RESERVATIONS AND DECLARATIONS

BELGIUM
     Reservation on ratification:
     'L'élephant ne sera pas considéré au Congo belge et au Ruanda-Urundi comme étant compris parmi les animaux énumérés dansé classe B, mais il est entendu qu'il demeure inscrit à la classe A (éléphant dont chaque défense ne pése pas plus que 5 kilogrammes).

SOUTH AFRICA
     Reservation:
     'The ratification in respect of the mandated territory of South-West Africa is subject to the reservation that three animals, viz.:  the Aard Wolf (Class A 3);  the Zebra (Class A 11);  and the Hartebeest (Class A 14) mentioned in the Annex to the Convention should be displaced from Class A to Class B of the Annex.'

SUDAN
     Reservation on ratification:
     '1.  Nothing in Article 10 of the Convention shall be deemed to apply to any measures for the destruction of insect pests, and 2. the provisions of Article 7(1) shall not be applied so as to prevent the native hunting of animals in a reserve other than the following animals mentioned in Class B of the annex to the Convention:  B.1, B.2, B.3, B.4, B.6, B.12, B.13, B.14, B.15, B.16, B.17, B.18, B.19, B.20, B.21.'

UNITED KINGDOM
     Reservations on ratification:

     '(a) that the provisions of Articles 3, 4, 5(1), 6, 7(1), 7(2), 7(3) and 7(4) of the Convention shall not be applicable to the Colony and Protectorate of The Gambia.
     (b) that the provisions of Articles 3, 4, 5(1), 6 and 7 of the Convention shall similarly not be applicable to the Protectorate of Zanzibar.
     (c) that in the case of Southern Rhodesia, Basutoland, the Bechuanaland Protectorate and Swaziland, the Colony and Protectorate of Nigeria with the Mandated Territory of the Cameroons, the Colony and Protectorate of the Gold Coast with the Mandated Territory of Togoland, the Colony and Protectorate of Sierra Leone, the Colony and Protectorate of The Gambia, the Colony and Protectorate of Kenya, the Mandated Territory of Tanganyika, and the Protectorates of Uganda, Nyasaland, Northern Rhodesia, Zanzibar and Somaliland, nothing contained in Article 10 of the Convention shall be deemed to apply to any measures taken, or authorised to be taken, by the competent authorities for the destruction of insect pests.'

Short Name:
Full Name:	Convention to the Preservation of Fauna and Flora in their Natural State
Purpose:	biodiversity
Established:	08-Nov-1933
Entered into force:	14-Jan-1936
Type:	convention, multi-lateral
Place where established:	London, UK
Schedule to expire:
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