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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 … Maps and Monitoring 90 7.5 The Issue of Wetland Restoration 93 PART III Managing Wetland Areas Through … 180 13 Integrating Wetland Conservation and Wise Use into Land-use Planning 183 Box 2. Wetlands and Regional Planning …
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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 … of wetland values has led to significant projects for the restoration of lost or heavily degraded wetlands, usually at …
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Conservation of the East Asian-Australasian Flyway and its threatened waterbirds

… of conversion of intertidal wetlands to other forms of land use in the EAAF (faster than the rate of tropical forest … urgent need for specific research and cooperation for the restoration and management of these habitats; NOTING that the … in relation to the benefits arising from the reclamation (land claim) or conversion of such habitats; b. includes case …
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Securing the future for global peatlands

… world; RECOGNISING that peatlands occupy 3% of the Earth’s land surface area yet store more carbon than all the world’s … a wide range of ecosystem services, and RECALLING that the restoration and sustainable use of peatlands has long been …
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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 … International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Properties ICOMOS International …
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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) … 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 … in activities related to protection, mitigation and restoration of the village environment (Article 40). The …
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