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Cultural Heritage Information Pack: 10 Wetlands -- an inspiration in art, music, literature and folklore
… century, developed in the north by Patinir, Wetlands and water have stimulated the cre-ative talents of humans from … living within at least 5,000 distinct cultures worldwide. Water and wetlands have been key factors in many ancient … the world, and these few examples barely scratch the surface. The huge influence that wetlands have had upon the …
Cultural Heritage Information Pack: 2 The history of wetlands & people
… This close relationship between earlier societies and water is repeated all over the world: peo- ple beside the … clays, silts and peats which lie between bedrock and the surface. Information about local vegetation has come from … upon local conditions in the past. Even changes in the water quality of a wetland, such as levels of salinity, pH …
Culture and wetlands: A Ramsar guidance document
… the role of other species groups and aspects such as water management, human health and other ecosystem ser- … are always cultural. The scope of this (the entire surface of Europe rather than individual sites) may however … of aquifers (today lowered as far as 300 meters below the surface in certain places) and the beginning of intrusion of …
Bio-Cultural Community Protocols: A community approach to Ensuring the Integrity of Environmental Law and Policy
… as embedded within a network of relationships with land, water, plants, and animals, expressed through culture and … because of the importance of the forest for fruits, honey, water and wildlife, its use for grazing and wood must be … of the ecology of the region that allows us to find water and grazing for our animals. Notably, these different …
Publication - An Explanatory Guide to the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit-sharing
… the living and non-living natural resources found in the water column, the seabed, and the subsoil thereof. ! In its … of living and non-living natural resources found in the water column, the seabed, and the subsoil thereof and … Issues likely to dominate these discussions, which already surface in an analysis of the text of Article 10, include:1 ! …