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Managing MIDAs - Harmonising the Management of Multi-Internationally Designated Areas: Ramsar Sites, World Heritage Sites, Biosphere Reserves and UNESCO Global Geoparks
… Managing MIDAs Harmonising the management of Multi-Internationally Designated Areas: Ramsar … 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 …
Review of Statutory and Customary Law in the Xe Champhone Ramsar Site, LAO PDR - Implications for a rights-based approach to conservation
… Soft Law and is the headquarters for the UNEP, FAO, IUCN Management Unit for the joint initiative known as ECOLEX. The … 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 …
Wetlands, water and the law. Using law to advance wetland conservation and wise use
… on species and biodiversity conservation and the management of habitats and natural resources. The Union has … 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
… providing clean water and playing a key role in flood management), and support a wide range of rare, specialist 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
… strategic actions 25 2.1 General, conservation and management objectives 25 2.2 Guidance on the general … 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 …
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 research and cooperation for the restoration and management of these habitats; NOTING that the rate of loss of … of cooperation between countries for achieving effective management, to develop international and national action …
Note 5: Evaluating the risk to Ramsar Sites from climate change induced sea level rise
… in spatial analyses that can contribute to inter alia site management planning and monitoring and climate change … elevation data, particularly in mangrove or other heavily forest- ed coastal areas. As Table 7 indicates, the reported …