The Contracting Parties undertake to establish cooperation relating to the protection and improvement of the environment in respect of the problems caused by the contamination of water, soil and air, erosion, desertification, deforestation and over-exploitation of natural resources and the growth of towns, and relating to the productive conservation of forest and aquatic flora and fauna.
Pogodbenici se zavezujeta, da bosta sodelovali pri varstvu in izboljšanju okolja v zvezi s težavami, ki jih povzročajo onesnaževanje voda, tal in zraka, erozija, dezertifikacija, izginjanje gozdov in prekomerno izkoriščanje naravnih virov ter širjenje mest, sodelovali pa bosta tudi pri produktivnem ohranjanju gozdov ter vodne flore in favne.