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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 … Paper No. 38 IUCN The World Conservation Union Wetlands, Water and the Law Using law to advance wetland conservation … rivers and reservoirs which have been dammed for water supply, irrigation or hydro- electric power generation, …
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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 Association Ordinance 1981 383 5.1.6.7 West …
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Forests and protected areas : Guidance on the use of the IUCN protected area management categories

… 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 … support systems, and provide vital services, such as water supply and soil protection, for local and more distant …
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Guidelines for public use measurement and reporting at parks and protected areas

… of parks and protected areas. The goal of the manual is to supply the information necessary to meet the needs of park … sites, and maintain vegetative cover, soil surfaces, and water quality within desirable limits. Knowledge of planned … standards must be conducted in ratio to actual volume (water quality sampling and treatment, waste removal, etc.). …
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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 … • Wetland restoration for i.e. flood mitigation, improved water quality, increased income from fisheries. • Green … Research, 2011). Protected areas have a high capacity to supply regulating ecosystem services (e.g. storm protection, …
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Sustainable tourism in protected areas: Guidelines for planning and management

… areas play by providing environmental services, like water supply, flood 2. Protected areas, biodiversity and … affected by the prevalence of violent crime, petty theft, water quality, disease or bad sanitation. Dramatic …
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Urban Protected Areas: Profiles and best practice guidelines

… plantations, the mountains eroded, endangering the city’s water supply. When they were reforested, recreational use was … 77 14. Control encroachment 80 15. Monitor and manage water 80 16. Manage wildfires 82 17. Reduce impacts of noise …
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Ecological Restoration for Protected Areas - Principles, Guidelines and Best Practices

… given to restoration of terrestrial, marine and inland water ecosystems to re-establish ecosystem functioning and … to its structure (e.g., species composition, soil and water properties) and functional properties (e.g., … are becoming critically important. TEK is in a position to supply such data. Traditional cultural practices have, for …
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Protected landscapes and cultural and spiritual values

… 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 … in Saint Katherine is three-times greater than the supply from ground water and water already needs to be …
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Adapting to Climate Change - Guidance for Protected Areas Managers and Planners

… by preventing, limiting and reversing harmful impacts on water systems and pollution of the atmosphere, and to the realisation of the integrated water policy objectives. https://en.vmm.be/ German Federal … glaciers • Permafrost degrada- tion • Changes in water supply • Changes in timing/ amount of river flow  soil …
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