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… At its last meeting in May 1998, the COP focused on inland water ecosystems. It also considered its longer-term … diversity,71 agricultural biological diversity,72 inland water biological diversity,73 and of course forest … and “wise use” of 67 Selected International Instruments wetland areas5 within the territorial boundaries of party …

… (abbreviated in the tables as Re/ afforestation), wetland conservation and construction, levee setbacks, flood … may impact the ecosystems themselves. For example, a wetland receiving pollution loads that exceed its … types of wetlands include freshwater, brackish or saline, inland or coastal, seasonal or permanent, natural or …

… flatlands, wet forests and dry forests, coastal areas and inland areas, rural areas and peri-urban areas, etc. The … crops 5. Forests for watershed management 6. Forests for wetland, lake and river protection 7. Silvopastoral New large …

… area. Consequently, degradation or destruction of stopover wetland habitats, or excessive hunting at these points, can … of outstanding botanical richness and endemism, with the inland Lake Magenta Nature Reserve (107,600ha) (Watson 1991). … between aquatic and terrestrial zones is also favoured by wetland birds, such as herons, egrets, and kingfishers, that …

… by IUCN in Sri Lanka found that about 40% of the total inland native vertebrate species were present in traditional …