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Culture and wetlands: A Ramsar guidance document

… the practical activities 43 4.1 Habitation 43 4.2 Primary use of wetland resources 46 4.3 Secondary use of wetland … Project WHC World Heritage Convention WSSD World Summit on Sustainable Development 3 Preface In the spirit of its … UN approaches – UNEP and UNESCO At the World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD, 2002), the United Nations …
21 Jun 2026 Document

Managing Natural World Heritage

… in any of the data interpreted within it. Free non-profit use/reproduction of this manual is encouraged, always quoting … Areas • Jon Day, Director, Ecosystem Conservation and Sustainable Use, Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority, … decisions 3.4 World Heritage boundaries 4 Capacity 4.1 Sustainable finance 4.2 Financial support specific to World …
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Managing Natural World Heritage - World Heritage Resource Manual

… in any of the data interpreted within it. Free non-profit use/reproduction of this manual is encouraged, always quoting … Areas • Jon Day, Director, Ecosystem Conservation and Sustainable Use, Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority, … decisions 3.4 World Heritage boundaries 4 Capacity 4.1 Sustainable finance 4.2 Financial support specific to World …
21 Jun 2026 Document in Biological Diversity

Sacred natural sites: Guidelines for protected area managers

… xi + 111pp. Reprinted in 2003. Also available in Chinese. Sustainable Tourism in Protected Areas: Guidelines for … xvii + 112pp. Forests and Protected Areas: Guidance on the use of the IUCN protected area management categories. No. 12. Nigel Dudley and Adrian Phillips, 2006, x + 58pp. Sustainable Financing of Protected Areas: A global review of …
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Report Advisory Body 'Our common dignity initiative on Rights-based Approaches in World Heritage'

… mistakes or oversights. The adoption of a policy for Sustainable Development by the World Heritage Convention … in November 2015 (Policy Document for the integration of a sustainable development perspective into the processes of the … reactive mode. Some rights-holders may be in a position to use national and international rights systems to gain a voice …
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World Heritage, Wilderness and Large Landscapes and Seascapes

… solutions to environmental challenges and achieve sustainable development. Working with many partners and … values at a protected area scale. In Chapter 4 we use recent global datasets of human impact on terrestrial and … recognition of uses that are ecologically and culturally sustainable (paragraph 119) • Participation as a basis for …
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IUCN World Heritage Outlook 2 - A conservation assessment of all natural World Heritage sites

… solutions to environmental challenges and achieve sustainable development. Working with many partners and … collective commitments towards the planet, including the Sustainable Development Goals and the Paris Agreement? This … is causing water pollution due to excessive water use and inadequate sewage systems. The overflow of visitors …
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Cultural Heritage Information Pack: 3 Wetlands as an early source of food and raw materials

… methods of hunting waterfowl are depicted, including the use of domes- ticated geese as decoys, as well as decoys made … Ice Age, archaeo- logical sites in Japan show increasing use of wetland resources. The site of Awazu in Lake Biwa (a … production. In Japan, farming in wetlands was added to the use of wild resources at least 2,500 years ago, when rice …
21 Jun 2026 Document

Linking Landscapes - Exploring the relationships between World Heritage cultural landscapes and IUCN protected areas

… nature, ensuring effective and equitable governance of its use, and deploying nature-based solutions to global … “Cultural landscapes often reflect specific techniques of sustainable land use, considering the characteristics and … cultural landscapes can contribute to modern techniques of sustainable land use and can maintain or enhance natural …
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Cultural Heritage Information Pack: 1 Introduction

… soils from all over the world document the extensive human use of wetlands, a reflection of the immense wealth of … wetland community concerned with the conservation and wise use of wetlands. The extent and diversity of this heritage … e tl a n d s C O N T E N T S Spear fishing in the Mamirauá Sustainable Development Reserve, Brazil, where traditional …
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