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Review of Statutory and Customary Law in the Xe Champhone Ramsar Site, LAO PDR - Implications for a rights-based approach to conservation
… nature-based solutions to global challenges in climate, food and development. IUCN supports scientific research, … and inclusive decision-making to improve livelihood security, human and ecosystem health. … in Dongmuang village who beat a monkey that had stolen his food. That night he became very sick and bled, and finally …
Wetlands, water and the law. Using law to advance wetland conservation and wise use
… deltas, mudflats and salt marshes. These areas support a food web that permits rapid growth of young fish in estuarine … as "biological supermarkets" because of the extensive food webs and rich biodiversity they support and as "kidneys … of surface and underground water supply. Water resource security is obviously a critical issue in arid countries and …
Managing MIDAs - Harmonising the Management of Multi-Internationally Designated Areas: Ramsar Sites, World Heritage Sites, Biosphere Reserves and UNESCO Global Geoparks
… EGN European Geoparks Network EU European Union FAO Food and Agriculture Organization (of the United Nations) GEF … International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture IUCN International Union for … the world’s agricultural heritage systems, in 2002, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) …
Culture and wetlands: A Ramsar guidance document
… processing of nutrients and pollutants, shore protection, food provision, and educa- tional and recreational … trends. From the very beginning, water –along with air and food– has been understood as an abso- lute necessity for … societies, water became an essential prerequisite for food production. Places where it was abundantly available …