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

… once a week. While there are numerous such examples of management practices that remain relatively unchan- ged, many … 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 …
22 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 …
22 Jun 2026 Document

Cultural Heritage Information Pack: 4 Working in wetlands -- the tools of the trade

… with Nibong palm or mangrove wood in the small islands and coastal inlets in southeast Asia, to those using forest … of course an equal diversity of craft is found in shallow coastal waters, a diversity which is a reflection of local … Middle Ages in many coastal marshes in the Mediterranean. Management of the water resource itself, as well as the need …
22 Jun 2026 Document

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

… as a working example of 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 …
22 Jun 2026 Document

Culture and wetlands: A Ramsar guidance document

… strategic actions 25 2.1 General, conservation and management objectives 25 2.2 Guidance on the general … 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 …
22 Jun 2026 Document

Cultural Heritage Information Pack: 10 Wetlands -- an inspiration in art, music, literature and folklore

… towards wetlands and often helped to maintain traditional management practices. They are still part of everyday life … and Ovid of Augustan Rome, draw upon inland, river, and coastal scenes for many of their most exciting tales. A …
22 Jun 2026 Document

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

… community conserved areas, or areas under no conservation management regime); ! the types of subsequent use proposed … 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 …
22 Jun 2026 Document in Biological Diversity

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

… BCP Bio-cultural Community Protocol BMC Biodiversity Management Committee CBD Convention on Biological Diversity CBNRM Community-based Natural Resource Management CMPA Collaboratively Managed Protected Area COP … otherwise occupied and used lands, territories, waters and coastal seas and other resources and to uphold their …
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