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Wetlands, water and the law. Using law to advance wetland conservation and wise use
… and action groups, focusing in particular on species and biodiversity conservation and the management of habitats and … non-mangrove coasts.21 Inland, riparian vegetation and forest cover in watersheds helps to reduce erosion of … limited to a few areas of France and Italy: the Rheinland forest in Alsace is estimated to have decreased by 50% in the …
Securing the future for global peatlands
… support a wide range of rare, specialist and threatened biodiversity, and are valuable as a palaeontological archive; … TROUBLED that peat is being lost rapidly through peat forest fires, conversion of peatlands for agricultural uses, … when implementing activities to reduce deforestation and forest degradation. State and agency Members of the United …
Managing MIDAs - Harmonising the Management of Multi-Internationally Designated Areas: Ramsar Sites, World Heritage Sites, Biosphere Reserves and UNESCO Global Geoparks
… of their multiple values: their unique geology, their biodiversity, their hydrology, and their historical and … they contain. For example, an area of tropical rain forest would meet the conditions of integrity if it includes … provinces and thus has a rich biodiversity. Savannahs, forest lands and gallery forests constitute the main …
Culture and wetlands: A Ramsar guidance document
… role in relation to each site and their possible impact on biodiversity. For many of these activi- ties, objectives are … both from domestic sources and from cultivation; forest logging is increas- ing the inflow of silt, while … facilities] 2.3.5 Sports fishing 2.4 Management of forest wetland types 2.4.1 Wood products 2.4.2 Non-wood …
Review of Statutory and Customary Law in the Xe Champhone Ramsar Site, LAO PDR - Implications for a rights-based approach to conservation
… to work towards ensuring that the protection of rights and biodiversity conservation become and remain mutually … of Understanding NA National Assembly NTFP Non-timber forest products NW North-West PM Prime Minister Ramsar Ramsar … hunting; fishing; cutting trees; collecting non-timber forest products (NTFP); taking water; using a boat; and …
Conservation of the East Asian-Australasian Flyway and its threatened waterbirds
… of land use in the EAAF (faster than the rate of tropical forest loss), thus generating an urgent need for specific … waterbirds and their habitats; AWARE that the decline in biodiversity along the EAAF is a clear indication of the … Diversity (CBD) and have adopted the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011–2020 and the Aichi Targets, of which …
Note 5: Evaluating the risk to Ramsar Sites from climate change induced sea level rise
… which could have additional consequences for wet- land and biodiversity loss (e.g., Wetzel et al. 2012). Time and … elevation data, particularly in mangrove or other heavily forest- ed coastal areas. As Table 7 indicates, the reported …