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Securing the future for global peatlands

… definition of peatland to be applied by the United Nations Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) in its Soils …
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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

… nature-based solutions to global challenges in climate, food and development. IUCN supports scientific research, … and inclusive decision-making to improve livelihood security, human and ecosystem health. … in Dongmuang village who beat a monkey that had stolen his food. That night he became very sick and bled, and finally …
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Wetlands, water and the law. Using law to advance wetland conservation and wise use

… deltas, mudflats and salt marshes. These areas support a food web that permits rapid growth of young fish in estuarine … as "biological supermarkets" because of the extensive food webs and rich biodiversity they support and as "kidneys … of surface and underground water supply. Water resource security is obviously a critical issue in arid countries and …
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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

… EGN European Geoparks Network EU European Union FAO Food and Agriculture Organization (of the United Nations) GEF … International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture IUCN International Union for … the world’s agricultural heritage systems, in 2002, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) …
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Document - The Ramsar Convention on Wetlands: its History and Development

… information on the use of the wildfowl resource for food, sport, amenity, scientific and other purposes; and a … the Netherlands and Sweden; a representative of the Food and Agriculture Organization; one from IUCN and the … intrusions that eternal vigilance is the price for their security. The Grado Declaration In 1991, IWRB organized a …
19 Jun 2026 Document in Biological Diversity

Cultural Heritage Information Pack: 11 Wetland cultural heritage and the Ramsar Convention

… as increasingly techno- logical solutions to water and food security, and an increasingly urbanized population, have led …
19 Jun 2026 Document

Ramsar Convention Manual, 6th Edition

… and the environment. Access to safe water, human health, food production, economic development and geopolitical … has occurred recently between Ramsar and the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), the World Health … internationally important if it is an important source of food for fishes, spawning ground, nursery and/or migration …
19 Jun 2026 Document in Biological Diversity