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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 and climate change adaptation: international law, policy guidelines and best practice application

… 1 For an example of an adaptive management framework, see Ramsar Convention on Wetlands (2002). 23 The 12 Principles … (UNECE, 1993). Box 2 Ecosystem Approach under the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands An ecosystem approach, which explicitly recognizes site-based management planning as an element of a multiscalar …
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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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The importance of assessing the water needs of wetlands in order to preserve their ecological functions

… importance, in particular the sites listed under the Ramsar Convention, including administrators of wetland sites, … of water resources; 6. URGES the Parties to the Ramsar Convention to approve at the 12th Conference of the … exchange mechanisms of IUCN, and also the Joint Ramsar/CBD River Basin Initiative, and to provide information …
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D1 - Ecosystem Approach and Ecosystem Services

… and allow the introduction of transboundary PES schemes. Site: UNITED NATIONS INFORMATION PORTAL ON MULTILATERAL … on the protection of a group of ecosystems is the 1971 Ramsar Convention on Wetlands of International Importance … (the List of Wetlands of International Importance). The Ramsar definition of wetlands is very broad and includes not …
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Water Law and the Environment

… your certificate. Book 1 – Water Law and the Environment Site: UNITED NATIONS INFORMATION PORTAL ON MULTILATERAL … true, for example, of the following agreements: The 1971 Ramsar Convention on Wetlands of International Importance, … Environment, p. 29 https://www.informea.org/en/treaties/ramsar/text https://www.informea.org/en/treaties/ramsar/text …
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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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A2 - Integrating Environmental Concerns in National Water Law

… the desirable “greening” reform of a fictitious Water Act. Site: UNITED NATIONS INFORMATION PORTAL ON MULTILATERAL … of wetlands of international significance, under the Ramsar Convention, 1971, Art.3(1) to prevent, reduce and … use of wetlands of international significance, under the Ramsar Convention, 1971, Art. 3.1 to promote the protection …
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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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