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Wetlands, water and the law. Using law to advance wetland conservation and wise use

… and Institutions 62 5.2.3 Poorly-adapted Legal Regimes for Land Tenure and Resource Use 64 5.2.4 Jurisdictional and … 180 13 Integrating Wetland Conservation and Wise Use into Land-use Planning 183 Box 2. Wetlands and Regional Planning … many different groups of users and stakeholders may seek access to and use of wetland biological resources. Pressure …
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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

… 17 3.3.1 Land Law (2003) … unaware of the country’s statutory laws and do not have access to them. Customary rules and practices, which have … of the formal and informal systems, as needed; and improve access to justice, legal awareness, and legal empowerment at …
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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

… that is before we consider the expansion of agricultural land, exploratory drilling and extraction of oil and gas, or … internationally agreed targets are for 17% of terrestrial land and 10% of marine areas to be protected. However, while … are annually available in time so that evaluators can access them ahead of the field evaluation mission. ■ …
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Note 5: Evaluating the risk to Ramsar Sites from climate change induced sea level rise

… SLR, which is an upper bound for SLR in this century if land-based ice sheets respond faster than expected to … which could have additional consequences for wet- land and biodiversity loss (e.g., Wetzel et al. 2012). Time … areas, e.g., deltas, and current and likely impacts.” To access the map client or to download the spreadsheet and …
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Culture and wetlands: A Ramsar guidance document

… to respond to the problem of desertification and land degradation. A tenet of the UNCCD is that … by others. One example is the Council of Europe’s European Land- scape Convention (2000), which reflects a principle … sites; and  balancing educational and recreational access to wetlands with the need to pro- tect their …
25 May 2026 Document

The importance of assessing the water needs of wetlands in order to preserve their ecological functions

… harmonizing water use strategies with those relating to land use, considering the importance of the water management …
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