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Freshwater Law and Governance: Global and Regional Perspectives for Sustainability

… International Importance especially as Waterfowl Habitat (Ramsar Convention) … on Water CBD Convention on Biological Diversity CEPA Ramsar Communication, Education, Participation and Awareness … sites: Parties may designate a new or existing Ramsar site as a “Transboundary Ramsar Site”, meaning that an …
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Transboundary Water Governance - Adaptation to Climate Change

… 79; 31 ILM 818 (1992)). 16 It is noteworthy that the Ramsar Convention considers “wetlands” to include both inland … 22 Convention on Wetlands of International Importance (Ramsar Convention), agreed 2 February 1971 in Ramsar, Iran, … This is achieved through minimising soil erosion on-site, reducing sediment in water bodies (wetlands, ponds and …
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Flow : The essentials of environmental flows

… for a new region. Even then they do not take account of site-specific conditions. The indices based only on … Importance, especially for Waterfowl Habitats (Ramsar Convention)95 is the first of these treaties. This … aquifers. During the Eighth Conference of Parties to the Ramsar Convention, (Valencia, Spain, 2002) Parties adopted …
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Global Land Outlook

… stakeholder needs at a landscape scale while incorporating site-level specificity on land use, demand, and condition so … listed as threatened on the IUCN Red List.166 Box 8.3: The Ramsar Convention The Ramsar Convention on Wetlands, signed in Ramsar, Iran in …
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The greening of water law: Managing freshwater resources for people and the environment

… the use of freshwater resources.67 For example, the 1971 Ramsar Convention on Wetlands places an obligation on its 160 … 1982 Paris Protocol and 1987 Regina Amendments, done at Ramsar, on 2 February 1971, Art. 3. 69 Ramsar Resolution IX.1 of the 9th Meeting of the Conference …
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Spring: Managing groundwater sustainability

… of both groundwater and streams. Intensive on-site sanitation, with waste discharged to ground can cause … Jordan’s famed Azraq Oasis (Case 5.4), part of which is a Ramsar wetland site, armed government forces trying to … Azraq has been inhabited since the Stone Age. Listed as a Ramsar site, it is a marsh in a semi-arid region that …
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GEO yearbook 2003

… 20 623562 Fax: +254 20 623944 Email: geo@unep.org UNEP web site: http://www.unep.org GEO Year Book web site: … by GEO region CBD CMS CITES Heritage Kyoto Ozone Ramsar PIC POPs UNCCD UNCLOS UNFCCC Basel Total Potential % … from MEA Secretariats Basel UNCLOS UNFCCC Stockholm UNCCD Ramsar Rotterdam Kyoto Ozone CITES World Heritage CBD CMS 19 …
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Aspects contemporains du droit de l'environnement en Afrique de l'ouest et centrale

… : quelques illustrations particulièrement la Convention de Ramsar de 1971 relative aux zones humides d’importance … Pour plus de détails sur cette jeune institution, voir le site www.comifac.org. Les difficultés de l’encadrement … sauvages menacées d’extinctions (CITES), la Convention de Ramsar de 1971 relative aux zones humides d’impor- tance …
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Guidebook for policy and legislative development on conservation and sustainable use of freshwater resources

… shall not apply to any residential project proposed for a site that is within an urbanized area and has been previously … act inconsistently with Australia’s obligations under the Ramsar Convention. In deciding whether or not to approve for … International Importance Especially as Waterfowl Habitat (Ramsar Convention); (e) To reduce the prevalence of water- a …
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Water Management and Stewardship

… guides/standards, goes beyond efficiency at any individual site to include an understanding of, and response to, water … attractive option for businesses in the search for rapid site-based outcomes, but the impacts of those actions need to … in mining and industrial effluents in the Blesbokspruit Ramsar wetland, South Africa: Has the quality of the surface …
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