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… 7 Posidonia oceanica meadow near the UNESCO World Heritage site of Sabratha. © RDG / RAC-SPA. 8 Satellite image (MODIS) … (IUCN-Med), the Mediterranean Wetlands Initiative (MedWet, Ramsar Conven- tion) and other organisations such as the … International Importance, especially as Waterfowl Habitat (RAMSAR) 1971 2000 The World Heritage Convention 1972 1978 The …

… . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17 Table 9 Transboundary Ramsar Sites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . … recognition, such as transboundary World Heritage Sites, Ramsar Sites and Biosphere Reserves. The value of … treaty made between two sovereign states. This site was added to the United Nations Educational, Scientific …

… . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 III. Designating a Natura 2000 site . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . … is implicit in a variety of international conventions (Ramsar Convention, Bern Convention), European agreements … to achieve the 2010 biodiversity targets (CBD, 2002). Ramsar Convention The Convention on Wetlands of International …

… Committee LNR Local Nature Reserve LWS Local Wildlife Site MCZ Marine Conservation Zone MPA Marine Protected Area … the UNESCO Man and the Biosphere Programme, the Ramsar Wetland Convention and more recently the UNESCO … of these, the Assessment Panel was able to confirm that Ramsar sites and Natural and Mixed World Heritage Sites can …

… International Importance, Especially as Waterfowl Habitat (Ramsar Convention). These wetlands cover some 1 per cent of … Over the past year, four new African sites have become Ramsar sites: two on the coast of the Sudan and two in the … and agricultural biodiversity, although Wetlands and Ramsar Sites in Africa natural habitats are under threat from …

… sites were added to the list of what are known as “Ramsar sites” under the Convention on Wetlands of … sites of international importance designated by the Ramsar Convention, added on or after 2002 (data: Ramsar Convention) Country Number of sites added on or after …

… the estuary, which has now been declared a world wetlands site. The long-term survival of this agreement is dependent … include the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD); Ramsar Convention on Wetlands of International Importance (RAMSAR); and the Convention on International Trade in …

… the estuary, which has now been declared a world wetlands site. The long-term survival of this agreement is dependent … include the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD); Ramsar Convention on Wetlands of International Importance (RAMSAR); and the Convention on International Trade in …

… in terms of the objectives of a particular transboundary site. Some of the terms used are: ‘transfrontier protected … the Convention on Wetlands of International Importance (Ramsar 1971), the Convention Concerning the Protection of the … a whole is a Wetland of International Importance under the Ramsar Convention. Conservation of this ecosystem opens the …

… in the form of damage inflicted on the receiving species, site or ecosystem. The CBD adopts the following definition: … the Interna- tional Maritime Organization, CITES, Ramsar, Bonn Convention, Codex Alimentarius, Office Interna- … Impor- tance especially as Waterfowl Habitat (Ramsar, 1971) contains no explicit provision on alien …