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Culture and wetlands: A Ramsar guidance document

… to respond to the problem of desertification and land degradation. A tenet of the UNCCD is that … by others. One example is the Council of Europe’s European Land- scape Convention (2000), which reflects a principle … of wetland values has led to significant projects for the restoration of lost or heavily degraded wetlands, usually at …
25 May 2026 Document

Sacred natural sites: Guidelines for protected area managers

… from The Christensen Fund, LTS International, The Sacred Land Film Project, UNESCO and WWF International. Published … the Dhimurru Indigenous Protected Area (IPA) in Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, Australia, are asked to respect … . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Guideline 2.6 Linkages and restoration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . …
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World Heritage, Wilderness and Large Landscapes and Seascapes

… Chapter 5: Implementing a wilderness and large land and seascapes approach under the Convention … International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property ICOMOS International Council … (SCBD 2014), were sobering: although more of the planet’s land and sea is under conservation management than ever …
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Wetland ecosystem services Factsheet 8 - Cultural values

… to Aboriginal people for some 50,000 years, during which land and culture have become inextricably intertwined. In recent years, closer collaboration between traditional land-management techniques and western science have seen … annually (2005–2007 averages) in the Kakadu and Arnhem Land region of Australia’s Northern Territory. Most of these …
25 May 2026 Document

Cultural Heritage Information Pack: 9 Wetlands and spiritual life

… in the sea to celebrate the pro- tection for the waters, land, and people of this region. Sometimes the sacred value …
25 May 2026 Document

Cultural Heritage Information Pack: 7 The World Heritage Convention, cultural landscapes and wetlands

… presented by the natural environment. The term “cultural land- scape” embraces a diversity of manifestations of the … often reflecting specific techniques of sustain- able land use or a specific spir- itual relationship with nature. … International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property (ICCROM), advising on …
25 May 2026 Document

Managing MIDAs - Harmonising the Management of Multi-Internationally Designated Areas: Ramsar Sites, World Heritage Sites, Biosphere Reserves and UNESCO Global Geoparks

… that is before we consider the expansion of agricultural land, exploratory drilling and extraction of oil and gas, or … internationally agreed targets are for 17% of terrestrial land and 10% of marine areas to be protected. However, while … International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Properties ICOMOS International …
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IUCN World Heritage Outlook 2 - A conservation assessment of all natural World Heritage sites

… Nepal Chitwan National Park 29 Mali Cliff of Bandiagara (Land of the Dogons) 30 Costa Rica Cocos Island National Park … Benin / Burkina Faso / Niger 29 Cliff of Bandiagara (Land of the Dogons), Mali 32 p Comoé National Park, Côte …
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Strengthening the World Heritage Convention

… International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property – ICCROM), in these … landscapes together provide coverage of over 10% of the land and aquatic areas included within the protected areas …
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