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Note 5: Evaluating the risk to Ramsar Sites from climate change induced sea level rise
… and incorporating the size of the site, population data, urban extent, slope Background information CIESIN, through … analyses that can contribute to inter alia site management planning and monitoring and climate change adaptation … University. 2012. Low Elevation Coastal Zone: Urban-Rural Population and Land Area Estimates. Palisades, …
Culture and wetlands: A Ramsar guidance document
… economic forces with landscape protection, management and planning. Humanity’s relationship to the natural environment … rivers and lakes. Often, the interface be- tween the urban environment and the natural sites is not managed … are the following: a) identify ‘interface areas’ between urban areas and wetlands; b) determine the use of these …
Wetlands, water and the law. Using law to advance wetland conservation and wise use
… of National Implementation 41 vii PART II National Planning for Wetland Conservation and Wise Use 45 4 Scope and … century, primarily through drainage for agriculture and urban development and water system regulation.39 13 36 37 38 … and may be quite lawfully drained and reclaimed for urban, coastal or infrastructure development, to increase the …
Review of Statutory and Customary Law in the Xe Champhone Ramsar Site, LAO PDR - Implications for a rights-based approach to conservation
… universal implementation of human rights in conservation planning and practice which are disseminated through … by raising aquatic animals and wildlife in communities and urban areas. Permission for any use of wildlife in: Category … per person per month for rural areas and 240,000 kip in urban areas. As Champhone is a rural district, this report is …
Managing MIDAs - Harmonising the Management of Multi-Internationally Designated Areas: Ramsar Sites, World Heritage Sites, Biosphere Reserves and UNESCO Global Geoparks
… peoples should be fully engaged and participate in the planning and management of MIDAs through various governance … resistant to other land uses, including agricultural and urban encroachment. However, pressures on water availability … come under the authority of the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development, while Biosphere Reserves are …