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Ramsar Convention Manual, 6th Edition
… use, recognizing wetlands as ecosystems that are vital for biodiversity conservation and for the well-being of human … of wetlands to continue to deliver benefits to people and biodiversity, including clean and reliable water supplies, is … inventories which will identify major sites for wetland biodiversity; • to train personnel competent in wetland …
Document - The Ramsar Convention on Wetlands: its History and Development
… wetlands. One can guess that the latter’s extraordinary biodiversity and natural productivity played an important … could apply for a contribution from a Convention Fund to offset the additional costs. The Fund would be formed from … to manage wetlands. Parties are thus helped to maintain biodiversity in their wetlands. By setting international …
Wetlands, water and the law. Using law to advance wetland conservation and wise use
… and action groups, focusing in particular on species and biodiversity conservation and the management of habitats and … supermarkets" because of the extensive food webs and rich biodiversity they support and as "kidneys of the landscape" … A working definition is that "wetland losses must be offset by wetland gains".36 An area-based approach of this …