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RAMSAR Handbook 3: Laws and institutions
… as marshes, peatlands, floodplains, rivers and lakes, and coastal areas such as saltmarshes, mangroves, and seagrass … legal and institutional measures 11 3.1.1 Identify wetland-related legal and institutional measures 13 3.1.2 … broad definition (Article 2.1). applies to inland and coastal wetlands: “areas of marsh, fen, peatland or water, …
Document - Freshwater Law and Governance: Global and Regional Perspectives for Sustainability
… are increasingly becoming polluted and salinised in some coastal areas, particularly as sea levels rise. Alterations … birds depend may affect the health and productivity of a wetland located on the same flyway in another State in a … surface water basins, groundwater basins, and coastal and marine systems to enable the sharing of benefits …
Biodiversity, the next challenge for financial institutions ? A scoping study to assess exposure of financial institutions to biodiversity business risks and identifying options for business opportunities
… important driver for change in terrestrial, freshwater and coastal ecosystems and mainly concerns synthetic nitrogen and … have already been established in the United States: wetland mitigation banking (offsetting damage done to … present, these markets represent market volumes of US$290 (wetland mitigation banking) and US$40 million (conservation …