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… on the global environment and which command relatively high levels of technological and financial resources bear a … communities rely on natural resources such as forests, high deserts, wetlands, waterways, and fisheries for their …

… practices in wetlands in the face of demands for high economic returns. Some ancient traditional management … disputes over water based on quick, oral procedures and a high level of social consensus. Known as Water Tribunals … For the Maori people in New Zealand, the coastal seas and their fishing grounds have been as important to them …

… them to survive undisturbed for centuries. In Ladakh, high altitude wetlands lying on the western edge of the … any inhabited continent and with a very dry climate, the high productivity of Australia’s wetlands has given them …

… Programme (respectively, UNESCO and UNEP) convened a high-level round table on Cultural Diversity and Biodiversity … Thus wetlands, even if degraded or reduced, can retain a high degree of archaeological importance. Box 5: Sunken ships … develop rapid survey methods to assess wetland sites with high scientific poten- tial in which efforts should be …

… a great technical and administrative challenge, leading to high transaction costs. All this explains the complex … uncertainties, administrative de!ciencies and delays, and high transaction costs may lead to considerable frustration … international legal framework governing the oceans and seas. It “sets out the legal frameworks within which all …

… the cultural tradition itself, it also supports the high diversity of wildlife associated with the ponds. …

… occupied and used lands, territories, waters and coastal seas and other resources and to uphold their responsibilities … for the sake of maintaining their ways of life. While high-level organization has its benefits, such as through … and walk long distances – all attributes that “high performance” exotic breeds do not have. Local breeds …