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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

… should demonstrate the highest standards and quality of practice, as model conservation areas and an inspiration to … international instruments, and facilitate the exchange of best practices in the management of MIDAs. ■ Implement joint … Protected Area Management Categories. Including IUCN WCPA Best Practice Guidance on Recognising Protected Areas and …
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Wetlands, water and the law. Using law to advance wetland conservation and wise use

… for delivering implementation. Drawing on national practice around the world, the book illustrates how different … costs of such degradation. Pollution is probably the best-known externality, threatening all wetlands to a varying … In addition, their provisions are frequently tempered by 'best endeavours' formulae along the lines of "as far as …
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The importance of assessing the water needs of wetlands in order to preserve their ecological functions

… so that their knowledge and experience (for example, in best practice) may be exchanged more efficiently, including … projects and other activities that promote and demonstrate best practice in assessing the water needs of wetlands for …
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Ramsar Convention Manual, 6th Edition

… areal extent of wetlands at a global scale”, indicated a ‘best’ minimum global estimate at between 748 and 778 million … from rivers, streams, lakes, or underground aquifers. The best intentions of countries on either side of those … either in the same area or elsewhere (Article 4.2). In practice, only a handful of boundary restrictions have …
18 Jun 2026 Document in Biological Diversity

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

… or with governmental subsidies, in order to make the best multiple use of these new wetlands, including their … rain forests. Intensively cultivated land will yield, at best, less than half that production, but, of course, more … requisite majority of the Parties present and voting (in practice there has always been a consensus), but they have …
18 Jun 2026 Document in Biological Diversity

RAMSAR Handbook 3: Laws and institutions

… practitioners to implement the internationally-agreed best practice in a way that is convenient to handle and more … those which are customary, operate both in theory and in practice. 2.3 Define the review methodology 12. The review …
18 Jun 2026 Document

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

… the UN and companies together to develop policy, laws and best practice. IUCN is the world’s oldest and largest global … to apply different steps of the step-wise approach in practice at the national as well as international levels. …
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