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Conservation of the East Asian-Australasian Flyway and its threatened waterbirds
… WCC-2012-Res-028-EN Conservation of the East Asian-Australasian Flyway and its … of land use in the EAAF (faster than the rate of tropical forest loss), thus generating an urgent need for specific … RECALLING previous commitments to intertidal wetland conservation made by Ramsar Convention Contracting Parties in …
Wetlands, water and the law. Using law to advance wetland conservation and wise use
… Wetlands, Water and the Law Using law to advance wetland conservation and wise use Clare Shine and Cyrille de Klemm … 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 …
Review of Statutory and Customary Law in the Xe Champhone Ramsar Site, LAO PDR - Implications for a rights-based approach to conservation
… INTERNATIONAL UNION FOR CONSERVATION OF NATURE Review of Statutory and Customary Law … 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 …
Managing MIDAs - Harmonising the Management of Multi-Internationally Designated Areas: Ramsar Sites, World Heritage Sites, Biosphere Reserves and UNESCO Global Geoparks
… M anaging M ID A s IU C N INTERNATIONAL UNION FOR CONSERVATION OF NATURE WORLD HEADQUARTERS Rue Mauverney 28 … 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 …
Securing the future for global peatlands
… importance of peatlands for climate change, biodiversity conservation, and a wide range of ecosystem services, and … 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 …
Culture and wetlands: A Ramsar guidance document
… Parties, and proposed strategic actions 25 2.1 General, conservation and management objectives 25 2.2 Guidance on the … 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 …
Note 5: Evaluating the risk to Ramsar Sites from climate change induced sea level rise
… delineations were added from Bermuda’s Department of Conservation Services, and 113 from Mexico’s Comisión … elevation data, particularly in mangrove or other heavily forest- ed coastal areas. As Table 7 indicates, the reported …