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Cultural Heritage Information Pack: 5 Cultural heritage -- a management challenge

… practices which have brought poverty, conflict and ecosystem deterioration. The solution The rich cultural … for generations. For the Maori people in New Zealand, the coastal seas and their fishing grounds have been as important … Thus to sustain these traditional methods in some coastal areas, the New Zealand Govern- ment has given the …
21 Jun 2026 Document

Cultural Heritage Information Pack: 6 Cultural heritage -- Wetlands -- a cultural landscape

Coastal and even some inland wetlands have supplied salt to … modi- fied by generations of salt mining activities. In coastal areas, and also farther inland, salt is extracted … Sembilan in Peninsula Malaysia, a common sight in shallow coastal waters in southeast Asia. Wetlands – a cultural …
21 Jun 2026 Document

Culture and wetlands: A Ramsar guidance document

… aspects such as water management, human health and other ecosystem ser- vices). At the beginning of the current … simplistic, as water in aquifers can remain static, while coastal lagoons can experience a very dynamic water re- gime … Wetlands Initiative and WacoWet, the West African Coastal Zones Wetlands Network), as well as its International …
21 Jun 2026 Document

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

… shrimp ponds, gei wai, a management technique practiced in coastal areas of Asia for many hundreds of years. Wetlands – … gei wai, using a management technique prac- ticed in coastal areas of Asia for many hundreds of years. Not only …
21 Jun 2026 Document

Publication - An Explanatory Guide to the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit-sharing

… to be a concrete example for valuing biodiversity and its ecosystem services, and for taking proper account of this … UNCLOS foresees different maritime zones within which coastal States can exercise different rights and are expected … ! In its internal waters and the territorial sea, the coastal State exercises sovereignty over the living and …
21 Jun 2026 Document in Biological Diversity

Cultural Heritage Information Pack: 3 Wetlands as an early source of food and raw materials

… consumed are marine fish, two thirds of which depend upon coastal wetlands at some stage in their life cycle. For three …
21 Jun 2026 Document

Bio-Cultural Community Protocols: A community approach to Ensuring the Integrity of Environmental Law and Policy

… Community Protocols in the Context of Payment for Ecosystem Services CHAPTER 7 Bio-cultural Jurisprudence The … Managed Protected Area COP Conference of Parties ESS Ecosystem Services FAO Food and Agriculture Organization FCPF … otherwise occupied and used lands, territories, waters and coastal seas and other resources and to uphold their …
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