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Review of Statutory and Customary Law in the Xe Champhone Ramsar Site, LAO PDR - Implications for a rights-based approach to conservation
… Ramsar Site, Lao PDR Implications for a rights-based approach to conservation Patricia Moore, Minavanh Pholsena, … decision-making to improve livelihood security, human and ecosystem health. www.iucn.org/asia/mekong_dialogues Contents … livelihoods and promote conservation of biodiversity and ecosystem services. In order to gain further experience on …
Wetlands, water and the law. Using law to advance wetland conservation and wise use
… Jurisdictional and Institutional Barriers to Integrated Ecosystem Management.... 67 5.2.4.1 Jurisdictional Barriers … adverse effect on the conservation status of a species or ecosystem. Some processes occur naturally, but those of … that a few laws have attempted to incorporate a holistic approach by conferring a special status or rules on the …
RAMSAR Handbook 3: Laws and institutions
… wise use. This should contribute to a more rationalised approach to their achievement. The review has two main … authorities; e) jurisdictional constraints on ecosystem management of river basins and coastal areas; f) … 3.5 Jurisdictional constraints on river and coastal ecosystem management 4.0 Developing legal and institutional …
Managing MIDAs - Harmonising the Management of Multi-Internationally Designated Areas: Ramsar Sites, World Heritage Sites, Biosphere Reserves and UNESCO Global Geoparks
… education and sustainable development. Their bottom- up approach of combining conservation with sustainable … the long-term conservation of nature with associated ecosystem services and cultural values. UNESCO designated … for sustaining human life through the maintenance of their ecosystem components, processes and benefits/services. World …
Ramsar Convention Manual, 6th Edition
… by shallow water. The Ramsar Convention takes a broad approach in determining the wetlands which come under its … everywhere as the full impact of climate change on our ecosystem lifelines is felt. Small wonder that there is a … the difficulty of assigning dollar values to the wetland ecosystem’s values and benefits, goods and services. Thus, …
Document - The Ramsar Convention on Wetlands: its History and Development
… such a Convention, and considered that a much more modest approach might be more fruitful There were a number of legal … way in which nutrients and pollutants are recycled in the ecosystem. It is therefore not surprising that systems of … with the maintenance of the natural properties of the ecosystem”. Sustainable utilization was defined as “human use …
The importance of assessing the water needs of wetlands in order to preserve their ecological functions
… flora; RECOGNIZING that wetlands provide a wide range of ecosystem services which contribute to human well-being, that … that the principles stated by IUCN (i.e. the ecosystems approach, sustainability, etc.) are incorporated into their … at the United Nations General Assembly to disseminate this approach and seek its formal adoption within the United …