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

… IUCN Environmental Law Centre Wetlands, Water and the Law Using law to advance wetland conservation and wise use Clare Shine and Cyrille de Klemm … Paper No. 38 IUCN The World Conservation Union Wetlands, Water and the Law Using law to advance wetland conservation
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The importance of assessing the water needs of wetlands in order to preserve their ecological functions

… WCC-2012-Res-068-EN The importance of assessing the water needs of wetlands in order to preserve their ecological … services which contribute to human well-being, that their conservation and wise use is vital for the continued … of these services, and that wetlands are both sources of water and water users; NOTING that the lack of hydrological …
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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

… INTERNATIONAL UNION FOR CONSERVATION OF NATURE Review of Statutory and Customary Law … Approach to Conservation project and the Mekong Water Dialogues, facilitated by IUCN. No warranty as to the … advancing environmental law. www.iucn.org/law About Mekong Water Dialogues The Mekong Water Dialogues is coordinated and …
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Culture and wetlands: A Ramsar guidance document

… Parties, and proposed strategic actions 25 2.1 General, conservation and management objectives 25 2.2 Guidance on the … the role of other species groups and aspects such as water management, human health and other ecosystem ser- … Khin Ni Ni Thein and Alexander Otte, Working Group on Water and Culture In mid 2007, the Convenor of the Working …
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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

… M anaging M ID A s IU C N INTERNATIONAL UNION FOR CONSERVATION OF NATURE WORLD HEADQUARTERS Rue Mauverney 28 … that people can enjoy ambient natural environment, clean water and clear skies. Furthermore, we aim to contribute to … in these areas only reinforce the degradation of air, water and soil quality, the noise pollution, the pressures of …
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Major components of the Ramsar Convention- extract from InforMEA e-learning course

… defines “Wetlands” as “...areas of marsh, fen, peatland or water, whether natural or artificial, permanent or temporary, with water that is static or flowing, fresh, brackish or salt, … is to stop the loss of wetlands and to promote their conservation and wise use as a means to achieving sustainable …
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Securing the future for global peatlands

… most valuable ecosystems on Earth (also providing clean water and playing a key role in flood management), and … importance of peatlands for climate change, biodiversity conservation, and a wide range of ecosystem services, and … for catastrophic loss of carbon, biodiversity and harm to water systems if action is not taken to halt the loss of …
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Note 5: Evaluating the risk to Ramsar Sites from climate change induced sea level rise

… delineations were added from Bermuda’s Department of Conservation Services, and 113 from Mexico’s Comisión … will have a multitude of ef- fects on seagrasses. Deeper water will reduce sunlight penetration to the seafloor, … Monitoring and Assessment Programme (AMAP). 2011. Snow, Water, Ice and Permafrost in the Arctic. Oslo: AMAP. Center …
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