Apart from local conservation efforts, PNG is also a signatory to international conventions and treaties. These international treaties include: the International Plant Protection Convention (1951); the Convention on the Prevention of Marine Pollution by Dumping Wastes and Other Matter (1972); the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES); the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands of International Importance  (1992); the Convention on Biological Diversity (1992) and the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals. PNG is also in partnership with other nations in the Oceania region and is a signatory to the regional convention, The Convention on Conservation of Nature in the South Pacific (APIA Convention).