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

… including the disbursement of the Wetland Conservation Fund which has been set up to assist developing countries. A … from financial support provided by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF), with its international headquarters in Gland and … in many countries. It is now called the World Wide Fund for Nature but has also conserved its acronym. These …
19 Jun 2026 Document in Biological Diversity

Ramsar Convention Manual, 6th Edition

… to the Convention budget and to the Ramsar Small Grants Fund. 1.9 Reporting Another important part of the Parties’ … until June 1993); • establishes the Wetland Conservation Fund (later renamed “the Ramsar Small Grants Fund for Wetland Conservation and Wise Use”); • adopts …
19 Jun 2026 Document in Biological Diversity

Managing MIDAs - Harmonising the Management of Multi-Internationally Designated Areas: Ramsar Sites, World Heritage Sites, Biosphere Reserves and UNESCO Global Geoparks

… Wildlife and Wetlands Trust, and the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF). ■ Governmental obligations: … of membership: The Ramsar Secretariat has a Small Grants Fund for eligible Parties in all regions, drawn largely from … (MAB-ICC). 16 See http://whc.unesco.org/en/world-heritage-fund/. 17 See http://whc.unesco.org/en/intassistance. 18 See …
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Wetlands, water and the law. Using law to advance wetland conservation and wise use

… 1990 that the COP established the Wetland Conservation Fund to support activities that improve the management of … the wise use of wetlands.111 The Ramsar Small Grants Fund for Wetland Conservation and Wise Use (as it was renamed … of the OECD are eligible to receive assistance from the Fund. 112 3.1.3 Evolution of the Convention and Current …
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Major components of the Ramsar Convention- extract from InforMEA e-learning course

… their ecological character. The COP further established a fund in 1990, now known as the Ramsar Small Grants Fund for Wetland Conservation and Wise Use, which provides … http://www.ramsar.org/activity/small-grants-fund
19 Jun 2026 Course lesson in Biological Diversity

RAMSAR Handbook 3: Laws and institutions

… to wetlands in India by Devaki Panini, WWF (World Wide Fund for Nature) – India. Reviewing laws and institutions … wetland development fees or payments to a public trust fund or a mitigation land bank (for the provision of natural …
19 Jun 2026 Document

Conservation of the East Asian-Australasian Flyway and its threatened waterbirds

… the International Crane Foundation, the World Wide Fund for Nature, and Wetlands International to conserve these …
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Securing the future for global peatlands

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Cultural Heritage Information Pack: 5 Cultural heritage -- a management challenge

… wetland ecosystem. Support from the Ramsar Small Grants Fund helped the local fisher- men to learn fish stocking and …
19 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

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