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Cultural Heritage Information Pack: 8 Wetlands -- a cultural landscape for learning and leisure

… ing. In tombs at Thebes, Egypt, there are paintings of hunting scenes, such as the capturing of birds with nets and the hunting of waterfowl, and the delta and wetlands of the Nile … Don Juan Manuel, in his Libro de la Caza (The Book of Hunting) praised the Laguna de Villena and the Albufera …
24 Jun 2026 Document

IUCN World Heritage Outlook 2014: A conservation assessment of all natural World Heritage sites

… with invasive species, impact of tourism, commercial hunting, fishing, dams and logging being the most serious … and cooperation, such as organized illegal commercial hunting and illegal wildlife trade. Thus the IUCN World … Crops 24 BIOLOGICAL RESOURCE USE 92 Subsistence hunting 22 Logging and wood harvesting 30 Fishing 37 Other …
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Cultural Heritage Information Pack: 3 Wetlands as an early source of food and raw materials

… at Esna, from Fifth Dynasty Egypt, elaborate methods of hunting waterfowl are depicted, including the use of domes- … hunters. More recently, the popularity of recreational hunting, particularly in the developed world, has led to concerns about the sustainability of hunting practices and the need to maintain wetland …
24 Jun 2026 Document

World Heritage, Wilderness and Large Landscapes and Seascapes

… such as livestock grazing, fire management, selective hunting, fishing and harvesting as well as the promotion of … as traditional pastoralist migration routes, traditional hunting areas or historical settlements in different parts of … movements and livelihoods such as grazing routes and hunting sites. Whether concerning fishing among Maori, …
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Culture and wetlands: A Ramsar guidance document

… their cultural and economic significance may be– use hunting techniques similar to those of ‘commercial’ whaling. … 2.4.1 Wood products 2.4.2 Non-wood forest products 2.5 Hunting 2.5.1 Subsistence hunting 2.5.2 Sports hunting 2.6 Salt extraction 2.6.1 …
24 Jun 2026 Document

IUCN World Heritage Outlook 2 - A conservation assessment of all natural World Heritage sites

… followed by tourism impacts, legal and illegal fishing and hunting, fires, water pollution and dams. Climate change has … / Harvesting Aquatic Resources Fire/ Fire Suppression Hunting (commercial/subsistence) Tourism/ visitors/ … Industrial/ Military Ef�uents Hyper-Abundant Species Hunting (commercial/subsistence) Erosion and Siltation/ …
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Sacred natural sites: Guidelines for protected area managers

… extractive use, with strong prohibitions on harvesting, hunting and access. It is for this reason that these groves … without the permission of the traditional practitioners, hunting of sacred animals, scattering of cremation ashes, … challenging. A case in point is the subsistence hunting in Dhimurru IPA, Northern Territory, Australia, of …
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Wetland Values and Functions Information Pack - Cultural Value

… an active ceremonial life and undertake semi-traditional hunting and gathering. " The operation of the Gei Wai, a …
24 Jun 2026 Document

Cultural Heritage Information Pack: 4 Working in wetlands -- the tools of the trade

… and housing as well as modes of transport for fishing, hunting, salt extraction, agricultural activities, and …
24 Jun 2026 Document

Cultural Heritage Information Pack: 9 Wetlands and spiritual life

24 Jun 2026 Document