Enviromental problems know no national boundaries. Global and regional enviromental problems can only be solved through binding cooperation between countries.

International conventions and agreements are therefore place obligations on Norwegian nature management and the shaping of Norwegian enviromental policy. This applies not least to how we look after our countryside and protect the species inhabiting it.

The Convention on Biological Diversity in particular, but also several other conventions and agreements, have a steering effect on Norwegian management.

An important task for DN is to follow up international conventions and agreements which Norway has ratified.