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Wetlands, water and the law. Using law to advance wetland conservation and wise use
… brings together States, government agencies and a diverse range of non-governmental organizations in a unique world … 3 1.2 Classification of Wetland Types 4 Box 1. The Range of Wetland Habitat Types 5 1.2.1 Artificial Wetlands 6 … 259 21.1 Role of Treaty Institutions in Improving State Compliance 259 21.2 Role of Judges, NGOs and Citizens …
Managing MIDAs - Harmonising the Management of Multi-Internationally Designated Areas: Ramsar Sites, World Heritage Sites, Biosphere Reserves and UNESCO Global Geoparks
… 36 Case study 4. Talamanca mountain range (Costa Rica) … in which the actual areas can overlap, together with the range of benefits and/or challenges that multiple … MIDAs (nomination dossiers, periodic reports, ad hoc state of conservation reports), in order to ensure harmonised …
Review of Statutory and Customary Law in the Xe Champhone Ramsar Site, LAO PDR - Implications for a rights-based approach to conservation
… was proclaimed in 1975. For the first four decades of the state’s existence, the country’s ethnic populations were … identified different kinds of customary protection and a range of largely self- enforced penalties under customary … much dependent on the seriousness of the crime, and may range from a chicken, to a pig, cow or buffalo. After the …
Securing the future for global peatlands
… a key role in flood management), and support a wide range of rare, specialist and threatened biodiversity, and … for climate change, biodiversity conservation, and a wide range of ecosystem services, and RECALLING that the … activities to reduce deforestation and forest degradation. State and agency Members of the United States abstained …
The importance of assessing the water needs of wetlands in order to preserve their ecological functions
… fauna and flora; RECOGNIZING that wetlands provide a wide range of ecosystem services which contribute to human … achieved and lessons learned from these activities. State and agency Members of the United States abstained …
Culture and wetlands: A Ramsar guidance document
… 26th meeting of the Standing Committee in 2001 discussed a range of issues concerning the role of cultural and … a heavy health cost for the people concerned. A wide range of other diseases and/or their vectors are supported or … c) cultivate the interest of the art community in the full range of wetland values, and in wetland and water management …