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… IUCN Environmental Law Centre Wetlands, Water and the Law Using law to advance wetland conservation … Paper No. 38 IUCN The World Conservation Union Wetlands, Water and the Law Using law to advance wetland conservation … where the influx of sizeable rural populations leads to a shortage of land in and around cities and greatly increases …

… landscape (when applicable), past and current land- and water-use practices and their links to cultural and spiritual … trade routes, historic settlements, intricate land and water-use systems, and traces of sophisticated social … and dated at around 1533 (Ortner 1989). Although a shortage of reli- able data prevents a definitive chronology …

… scarcer. Conversely, some agencies have found that shortage of staff and funds increases the need for … Unfortunately, the commitment to setting aside land and water has yet to be always matched with similar commitments … Ecosystem services/ functions Catchment management and water supply Soil conservation Climate and disaster …

… include, improved education standards, reduction in water borne diseases, and improved mangrove productivity. 3. … habitats, management of invasive species, enhancement of water supply for people and wildlife during the dry seasons, … for KWS staff and local communities. Impacts Protection of water sources and provision of more watering points in …

… • Integrated Coastal Zone Management; • Integrated Water Resource Management (IWRM); • Integrated Fire … • Wetland restoration for i.e. flood mitigation, improved water quality, increased income from fisheries. • Green … April, is the critical period during which there is water shortage and it is when the actual water management and …

… 55 Inland water protected areas … 61 11. Compatibility of various inland water protection strategies with IUCN categories … Luigi Boitani, Grazia Borrini-Feyerabend, Peter Bridge- water, Jessica Brown, Phillip Bubb, Neil Burgess, José … were produced in English only, a limitation created by shortage of funds, although the final guidelines are being …

… wider landscape 27 Forests managed to maintain soil and water resources 27 Forests managed for community purposes 28 … types of conserved forest 47 Forests protected to maintain water resources: forests around Stockholm, Sweden 47 … life support systems, and provide vital services, such as water supply and soil protection, for local and more distant …

… into direct impacts on human wellbeing. Poverty, hunger, water scarcity, lack of sanitation and violent conflict can … • the quality of natural resources such as the atmosphere, water, soil, climate; • how all types of natural resources … into formulating and adopting management plans, there is a shortage of basic information (and what information is …

… 55 Inland water protected areas … 61 11. Compatibility of various inland water protection strategies with IUCN categories … term that can embrace a very wide range of land and water management types that incidentally have some value for … were produced in English only, a limitation created by shortage of funds, although the final guidelines are being …

… and communities. Sacred natural site. Areas of land or water having special spiritual significance to peoples and … Links between faiths and the conservation of land and water were found in every belief system examined by Dudley et … rural environment caused by over-grazing, hunting, water shortage, pollution, logging and waste disposal. Before …