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

… Destruction of such wetlands decreases local rainfall with adverse effects on local crop yields. At macro-climatic … may be understood as any phenomenon liable to have an adverse effect on the conservation status of a species or ecosystem. …
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RAMSAR Handbook 3: Laws and institutions

… are rarely designed to safeguard sites against adverse impacts caused by external activities: a management … for reasons unconnected to wetlands which have the effect of encouraging wetland destruction are often known as … planned measures and activities which may have significant adverse impacts on the watercourse; • exchanging data and …
18 Jun 2026 Document

Introduction to the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands

… compliance has often been inadequate to prevent serious adverse consequences for marine biodiversity. The most … organisms, destroy marine habitats and otherwise have adverse effects on the functioning of marine ecosystems. If …
18 Jun 2026 Course lesson in Biological Diversity

Review of Statutory and Customary Law in the Xe Champhone Ramsar Site, LAO PDR - Implications for a rights-based approach to conservation

… non- prohibited forests for household utilization without adverse impact on forest resources, and the environment as … and natural environment (Article 65) and to minimize any adverse impact on people and the environment (Article 66). … (no page numbering in the Summary section). 14 The MoU in effect for 2012-2013 was signed by the Champhone District …
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Conservation of the East Asian-Australasian Flyway and its threatened waterbirds

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Ramsar Convention Manual, 6th Edition

… of some of the habitats . . . mean that any potentially adverse effect would require the government to demonstrate that it … stage in their life cycles, or provides refuge during adverse conditions. Specific criteria based on waterbirds …
18 Jun 2026 Document in Biological Diversity

Document - The Ramsar Convention on Wetlands: its History and Development

… heritage historians to study the possible cause and effect connections between advanced civilizations and … market hunting, closure of hunting in periods of extremely adverse weather, outlawing methods of mass destruction, and … to operate this procedure when it receives information on adverse, or likely adverse changes in ecological character at …
18 Jun 2026 Document in Biological Diversity

Managing MIDAs - Harmonising the Management of Multi-Internationally Designated Areas: Ramsar Sites, World Heritage Sites, Biosphere Reserves and UNESCO Global Geoparks

… stage in their life cycles, or provides refuge during adverse conditions. Specific criteria based on waterbirds … Conference of UNESCO on 16 November 1972. It formally took effect in 1975 upon its ratification by the first 20 States … which convey the property’s significance; c) suffers from adverse effects of development and/or neglect. This should be …
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