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Wetlands, water and the law. Using law to advance wetland conservation and wise use
… for Activities Falling Below Certain Thresholds 228 18.2 Decision-making Criteria to Implement No Net Loss Policies … may indeed be in the overriding public interest, existing decision-making processes often fail to take adequate account … to involve geographers, planners, lawyers, economists and decision-makers at all administrative levels as well as …
RAMSAR Handbook 3: Laws and institutions
… the substance of it thus reflects the principal technical decision on the subject adopted by the COP. The Handbook also … have extensive powers over wetland management and decision-making. 9. In Parties where jurisdiction over … wetland conservation into broader frameworks; (CBD Art. 6, Decision II/10 (“Jakarta Mandate”), Decision III/21 …
Managing MIDAs - Harmonising the Management of Multi-Internationally Designated Areas: Ramsar Sites, World Heritage Sites, Biosphere Reserves and UNESCO Global Geoparks
… these guidelines provide to site managers and to local decision makers, who are managing and juggling the various … Multi-Internationally Designated Areas ix Site managers, decision makers of international organisations and Korean … Director-General informs the country concerned of this decision. In this Guidance, the term “UNESCO designated site” …
Ramsar Convention Manual, 6th Edition
… focus on wetlands and their services to us. Policy- and decision-makers frequently make development decisions based … services. This is a difficult task, but in order for decision-makers to have the correct information before them … in fact there has not yet been a vote on any substantive decision, and all decisions have in the end been made by …
Document - The Ramsar Convention on Wetlands: its History and Development
… the IWRB had, for political reasons, taken a unilateral decision to postpone the meeting. This was not the case. … Kingdom, did not encourage attendance but left the final decision to the individual citizen. In the event a meeting … interpreted as being due to that event. In fact, the decision had already been taken and the election procedure …
Review of Statutory and Customary Law in the Xe Champhone Ramsar Site, LAO PDR - Implications for a rights-based approach to conservation
… water governance by facilitating transparent and inclusive decision-making to improve livelihood security, human and … Management of the Ramsar Convention in Lao PDR; and the Decision of the Provincial Committee for Wetland Management … practices, conceptions of rights, and leadership and decision-making structures; conceptual aspects and scope of …
Note 5: Evaluating the risk to Ramsar Sites from climate change induced sea level rise
… landward migration. • Analyses of this kind can alert decision makers to possible wetland losses and assist in … work area, for “information for wetland managers and decision-makers on the extent of land use and population in … of Ramsar Sites at risk from sea level rise that can alert decision makers to possible wetland losses and assist in …