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… Functions 8 1.3.3 Wetland Attributes 9 2 Wetland Loss and Degradation: Extent and Causes 13 2.1 Estimates of Wetland … 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 …

… to respond to the problem of desertification and land degradation. A tenet of the UNCCD is that ‘desertification is … by others. One example is the Council of Europe’s European Land- scape Convention (2000), which reflects a principle …

… numbers of tourists in these areas only reinforce the degradation of air, water and soil quality, the noise … 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 …

… world; RECOGNISING that peatlands occupy 3% of the Earth’s land surface area yet store more carbon than all the world’s … implementing activities to reduce deforestation and forest degradation. State and agency Members of the United States …

… 17 3.3.1 Land Law (2003) … and inheritance patterns; civil law, including land ownership and access, social or community obligations … assets and reputations.6 While some of the information on land ownership and access from the MoJ/UNDP Customary Law … Tansoum village, and probably other villages as well, has land inside the largest core area of the Ramsar site. This …