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… coastal areas are home to a wide variety of ecosystems, for example, coral reefs found in both tropical and temperate … activities do not necessarily have to be related to resource exploitation, for example by oil rigs, but could … or uses of marine living organisms, parts thereof or their genetic material. While some regard it as marine scientific …

… The World Conservation Union © 1999 International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources. … 62 5.2.3 Poorly-adapted Legal Regimes for Land Tenure and Resource Use 64 5.2.4 Jurisdictional and Institutional … the umbrella term used to denote diversity within species (genetic diversity), between species and between ecosystems. …

… Rodrigues M anaging M ID A s IU C N INTERNATIONAL UNION FOR CONSERVATION OF NATURE WORLD HEADQUARTERS Rue Mauverney … Partner (Ramsar) ITPGRFA International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture IUCN International … environmental conservation, sustainable development and resource use, and engagement and benefit sharing with local …

… as Waterfowl Habitat. Reproduction of this publication for educational or other non-commercial purposes is … to be made before funding and for the sustained use of the resource to be ensured. The needs of developed countries … It could also (iv) be of special value in maintaining genetic and ecological diversity or (v) play a major role as …

… communities in the world. Australia’s Great Barrier Reef, for example, supports 1,500 species of fish and up to 8,000 … as worms and small shellfish contained in the mud provide food for internationally important populations of migratory … wetlands, meaning they are found nowhere else on Earth. S Genetic variation – safeguarding the variety of life in …

… covering over 197 million hectares, have been designated for inclusion in the Ramsar List of Wetlands of International … species. Wetlands are also important storehouses of plant genetic material. Rice, for example, which is a common … international cooperation. In sum, wetlands constitute a resource of great economic, cultural, scientific and …