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… Working Group 8 0.3 Recent guidance from the Ramsar Standing Committee 9 1. General considerations 10 1.1 The global … on culture is being presented at COP10 (2008); and the Standing Committee wishes to let the positive efforts being …

… manage- ment of wetlands. Ramsar’s Mediterranean Wetlands Committee (MedWet/Com) has already made a beginning in the … the Convention. Most significantly, the Convention’s Standing Committee has designated “Wetlands: water, life, and … their water in a variety of ways. This close and long-standing relationship has resulted in the evolution of strong …

… June 2015); and the 39th session of the World Heritage Committee (Bonn, Germany, 28 June–8 July 2015). The delegates … years for the Conference of the Parties) and an 18-member Standing Committee, the inter-sessional executive body, which meets on an annual basis. The Standing Committee represents the Contracting Parties in the …

… long periods of time. At other sites, there may be long-standing historical differences and conflict. Conflict is … and “managed resource protected areas” achieved equal standing with the first four more strictly protected … are a new category adopted by the World Heritage Committee in 1992 to recognise sites that possess “powerful …

… is the advisory body on nature to UNESCO’s World Heritage Committee. Working closely with IUCN’s World Commission on … Heritage site (UNESCO 2011b). However, the World Heritage Committee noted in 2014 (Decision 38 COM 7B.91) that Lake … point that has been reinforced in numerous World Heritage Committee decisions and industry commitments (see IUCN 2013 …