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Sacred natural sites: Guidelines for protected area managers
… . . . . . . . . 29 2. Threatened first by tourism, Misali Island, Zanzibar, Tanzania is recognised as a Sacred Gift for … keep site-based protected area managers clearly in mind in developing the guidelines. In terms of flow, the guidelines … are derived from the significant (but still relatively small) case study mate- rial built up over the last ten …
World Heritage, Wilderness and Large Landscapes and Seascapes
… action (Hilty, J.A., Chester, C.C. and Cross, M.S. eds.). Island Press, Washington, D.C. Coetzee, B.W.T., Gaston, K.J. … and management. Many countries are involved in developing sophisticated models of co-management, indigenous … inscribed for their primary or primeval forests are quite small (less than 50,000 hectares), such as Laurisilva of …
Linking Landscapes - Exploring the relationships between World Heritage cultural landscapes and IUCN protected areas
… on the part of IUCN concerning the legal status of any country, territory, or area, or of its authorities, or … such as an ancient grove. They are generally rather small protected areas and often have high visitor values. … Ecosystem Assessment Series. Washington; Covelo ; London: Island Press, pp. 455-476. Dudley, N., ed. 2008. Guidelines …
Managing MIDAs - Harmonising the Management of Multi-Internationally Designated Areas: Ramsar Sites, World Heritage Sites, Biosphere Reserves and UNESCO Global Geoparks
… Jeju Special Self-Governing Province is the largest island off the coast of the Korean Peninsula. It has an area … as a result of membership: The Ramsar Secretariat has a Small Grants Fund for eligible Parties in all regions, drawn … assistance mechanism, which provides help to developed and developing countries alike in solving the problems of threats …
IUCN World Heritage Outlook 2 - A conservation assessment of all natural World Heritage sites
… Sanganeb Marine National Park and Dungonab Bay - Mukkawar Island Marine National Park 2016 Good with some concerns Asia … which should be directed at sites most in need. The developing proposals for IUCN’s Green List of Protected and … noting that this region’s eights sites represent a small dataset. Conservation Outlook 2017 for natural World …
Culture and wetlands: A Ramsar guidance document
… of their wetlands and to make known the results; developing further and disseminating the guidance presented … flow at certain periods (Fagan 1999). As a result, only small parts of cultivated lands were flooded and the impact … lagoon was temporarily drained at the site of a lost island, which included the 11th century Augustinian monastery …
Cultural Heritage Information Pack: 6 Cultural heritage -- Wetlands -- a cultural landscape
… to the development of Asian societies. In Binong on the island of Java, Indonesians have been growing rice for … and distributes the water through a complex system of small channels, under a traditional social mechanism, to the …
Cultural Heritage Information Pack: 9 Wetlands and spiritual life
… and islands. A similar relationship is seen in India, a country where drought is common and often life-threatening. … India, every village main- tained its own sacred kund, or small lake. A grove of trees around the kund helped retain …