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Culture and wetlands: A Ramsar guidance document

… to respond to the problem of desertification and land degradation. A tenet of the UNCCD is that … ability of both governments and stakeholders to control agricultural and other risks by improving techniques and … After the gradual shift from hunter/gatherer clans to agricultural societies, water became an essential …
25 May 2026 Document

Introduction to the Convention concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage

… Other uses 2. Impact of human activities Industrial and agricultural activivites Population Deforestation and mining … for example by oil rigs, but could also take the form of land reclamation, artificial islands or installations for … invasive alien species and climate change. Industrial and agricultural activivites Industrial activity and modern …
25 May 2026 Course lesson in Biological Diversity

Sacred natural sites: Guidelines for protected area managers

… from The Christensen Fund, LTS International, The Sacred Land Film Project, UNESCO and WWF International. Published … of the latter are the globally important ingenious agricultural heritage systems, many of which are attributed … As elaborated by the International Fund for Agricultural Development,31 “Free, prior and informed consent …
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Wetland ecosystem services Factsheet 8 - Cultural values

… to Aboriginal people for some 50,000 years, during which land and culture have become inextricably intertwined. In recent years, closer collaboration between traditional land-management techniques and western science have seen … annually (2005–2007 averages) in the Kakadu and Arnhem Land region of Australia’s Northern Territory. Most of these …
25 May 2026 Document

Managing Natural World Heritage

… an outstanding example of a traditional human settlement, land-use, or sea-use which is representative of a culture (or … flood important parts of the property, industrial and agricultural development including use of pesticides and … level of pollution and the management response control of agricultural chemicals or human waste as appropriate. The …
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Managing Natural World Heritage - World Heritage Resource Manual

… an outstanding example of a traditional human settlement, land-use, or sea-use which is representative of a culture (or … flood important parts of the property, industrial and agricultural development including use of pesticides and … level of pollution and the management response control of agricultural chemicals or human waste as appropriate. The …
25 May 2026 Document in Biological Diversity

World Heritage, Wilderness and Large Landscapes and Seascapes

… Chapter 5: Implementing a wilderness and large land and seascapes approach under the Convention … (SCBD 2014), were sobering: although more of the planet’s land and sea is under conservation management than ever … It contains numerous religious sites, habitation sites and agricultural terraces, showing considerable investment from …
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Linking Landscapes - Exploring the relationships between World Heritage cultural landscapes and IUCN protected areas

… often reflect specific techniques of sustainable land use, considering the characteristics and limits of the … inscribed as a natural WH site) Papua New Guinea Kuk Early Agricultural Site 2008 (iii)(iv) IIa None Philippines Rice … the Serra de Tramuntana 2011 (ii)(iv)(v) IIb None Sweden Agricultural Landscape of Southern Öland 2000 (iv)(v) IIb …
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IUCN World Heritage Outlook 2 - A conservation assessment of all natural World Heritage sites

… Nepal Chitwan National Park 29 Mali Cliff of Bandiagara (Land of the Dogons) 30 Costa Rica Cocos Island National Park … Changes in traditional ways of life and knowledge systems Agricultural/ Forestry Ef�uents Social Cohesion/ Changes in … Sewage/ Urban Waste Water Commercial/ Industrial Areas Agricultural/ Forestry Ef�uents Water Pollution Mining/ …
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International System of Protection of Natural and Cultural Heritage

… an outstanding example of a traditional human settlement, land-use, or sea-use which is representative of a culture (or … flood important parts of the property, industrial and agricultural development including use of pesticides and …
25 May 2026 Course lesson in Biological Diversity