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RAMSAR Handbook 3: Laws and institutions
… of coastal areas (storm absorption, natural flood defence, erosion and sedimentation processes). Legislation commonly … of banks, shores and wetland vegetation to minimise erosion and associated problems and to maintain wetland … the modification of the soil profile that could cause erosion and degradation of watersheds; • requiring the …
Document - Freshwater Law and Governance: Global and Regional Perspectives for Sustainability
… this norm, see MCCAFFREY, supra, at 446-462. 53 preventing erosion of its banks, pollution, flooding from deforestation … aims to prevent land degradation, including soil erosion from water;275 and eroded soil is an important water … resources as well, including recharge of aquifers and soil erosion into watercourses. Well- maintained natural forests …