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Wetlands, water and the law. Using law to advance wetland conservation and wise use

… IUCN Environmental Law Centre Wetlands, Water and the Law Using law to advance wetland conservation … have more or less permanent water, fed by groundwater, surface springs, streams or run-off, and tend to be dominated … of the water table through maintenance and recharge of surface and underground water supply. Water resource security …
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Governing natural resources and the processes and institutions that affect them : North-West Frontier Province. Legislation.

… Ordinance 1987 (Missing) 5.1.6.5 NWFP Rural Area Drinking Water Supply Scheme Act 1985 380 5.1.6.6 NWFP Water Users … in writing of a concerned local government digs up the surface of any open space in its local area, which is not … horns, bones, silk, cocoons, honey and wax; (iv) peat, surface soil, water, sand, stones, rocks and minerals, …
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Guidelines for applying protected area management categories

… 55 Inland water protected areas … value. Covering almost 12 percent of the world’s land surface, the global protected area system represents a unique … areas system Today roughly a tenth of the world’s land surface is under some form of protected area. Over the last …
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Guidelines for public use measurement and reporting at parks and protected areas

… sites, and maintain vegetative cover, soil surfaces, and water quality within desirable limits. Knowledge of planned … has been the electrically charged cable buried in the road surface. More recently magnetic sensors also come in the … inches or 20 sq. cm.) which are spiked onto the road surface. The pads are easy to install, hard to see, and cheap …
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Guidelines for Applying Protected Area Management Categories. Best Practice Guidance on Recognising Protected Areas and Assigning Management Categories and Governance Types

… 55 Inland water protected areas … value. Covering almost 12 percent of the world’s land surface, the global protected area system represents a unique … areas system Today roughly a tenth of the world’s land surface is under some form of protected area. Over the last …
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The Futures of Privately Protected Areas

… 71 13. Finland’s national protected area network: number, surface area and area type 73 14. Different types of Wildlife … a quick response is needed to rapid changes in land or water use, or where further state-run protected areas are … which protect 487,300 ha (0.25%) of the country’s land surface, play an important role in connecting government …
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Directrices para la Aplicación de las Categorías de Gestión de Áreas Protegidas de la UICN en Áreas Marinas Protegidas

… ne le sont pas. Inversement, des zones situées sous la surface ne sont parfois pas protégées (par exem- ple ouvertes … avoir à prendre en compte l’espace aérien au-dessus de la surface de la mer, la surface même de l’eau, la colonne d’eau … Report, September 2011. 5pp. • Réserve marine de South Water Caye, Bélize (voir Annexe 1 pour les objectifs). Zones …
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Ecological Restoration for Protected Areas - Principles, Guidelines and Best Practices

… Humanity directly affects 83 per cent of the land surface (Sanderson et al., 2002) and 100 per cent of the … given to restoration of terrestrial, marine and inland water ecosystems to re-establish ecosystem functioning and … vegetation loss linked to fire causes both changes in surface hydrology and easier access for hikers, increasing …
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Safe Havens: Protected Areas for Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation

… • Integrated Coastal Zone Management; • Integrated Water Resource Management (IWRM); • Integrated Fire … and other Caribbean countries. In Barbados, higher sea surface temperature in the tropical Atlantic and higher … The diverse coral reef communities provide a very rough surface that exerts drag force on incoming waves. However …
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Protected landscapes and cultural and spiritual values

… and in many countries they may cover similar or greater surface areas than formally established protected areas (Wild … landscape (when applicable), past and current land- and water-use practices and their links to cultural and spiritual … and timber sawmills. Today, water is channelled from surface run-off and from springs into a 180 m3 reservoir …
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