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Culture and wetlands: A Ramsar guidance document

… Stephen Nash, CITES Secretariat. 17 Ivory trinkets or traditional ivory amulets. 18 … diversity in combating desertification. It has embraced traditional knowledge, as part of the complex of cultural … social class-related roles 4.2.4 Practice of traditional medicine 4.3 Spirituality and belief systems 4.4 Artistic …
22 Jun 2026 Document

Cultural Heritage Information Pack: 8 Wetlands -- a cultural landscape for learning and leisure

… for its medi- cinal properties. Medicinal mud, used in traditional Chinese medicine and recommended by the Greek physician Hippocrates, … wetlands now welcome large numbers of people for the more traditional visitor activities such as birdwatching, walking, …
22 Jun 2026 Document

Sacred natural sites: Guidelines for protected area managers

… No. 3. Graeme Kelleher, 1999, xxiv + 107pp. Indigenous and Traditional Peoples and Protected Areas: Principles, … . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 Guideline 4.3 Traditional knowledge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . … members in attendance. During the month of June, a local medicine man invited Park Service employees and a climbing …
22 Jun 2026 Literature See it in ECOLEX · This content is provided by ECOLEX

Wetland ecosystem services Factsheet 8 - Cultural values

… important Doñana wetlands of Andalusia, south-west Spain, traditional religious celebrations held annually include a … intertwined. In recent years, closer collaboration between traditional land-management techniques and western science have seen traditional burning practices used to restore a more mixed …
22 Jun 2026 Document

Cultural Heritage Information Pack: 4 Working in wetlands -- the tools of the trade

… that serve as housing and shops as well as for the more traditional uses such as fishing and transportation. Striking … forth the creative talents of people for millennia.” Traditional fishing in the Parque Nacional de los Roques, a …
22 Jun 2026 Document

World Heritage, Wilderness and Large Landscapes and Seascapes

… projects worldwide. Combining the latest science with the traditional knowledge of local communities, these projects … Indigenous stewardship and traditional governance of Okavango Delta, Botswana … They hunted big game, collected honey, berries and medicine from the vast forests that overlapped as their …
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Managing Natural World Heritage

… in human history; (v) be an outstanding example of a traditional human settlement, land-use, or sea-use which is … and practices concerning nature and the universe; and traditional artisanal skills. A separate Convention for the … together with associated areas with cultural values and traditional natural resource management systems. sustainable …
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Managing Natural World Heritage - World Heritage Resource Manual

… in human history; (v) be an outstanding example of a traditional human settlement, land-use, or sea-use which is … and practices concerning nature and the universe; and traditional artisanal skills. A separate Convention for the … together with associated areas with cultural values and traditional natural resource management systems. sustainable …
22 Jun 2026 Document in Biological Diversity