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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
… countries. eng.me.go.kr/eng/web/main.do Jeju Special Self-Governing Province Jeju Special Self-Governing Province is the largest island off the coast of the … between humankind and its natural environment. Designating body. In the context of this publication, any of the four …
Wetlands, water and the law. Using law to advance wetland conservation and wise use
… Powers of the Competent Minister or Ramsar Implementation Body 312 27.6 Integrated Planning Instruments and Procedures … types of artificial wetlands and, due to restrictive laws governing salt production, are often of high ecological … law and principles of equity were to be the legal regime governing the lives of the people in the protectorate, but …
Document - The Ramsar Convention on Wetlands: its History and Development
… although hosted by IUCN, is an entirely independent body directly responsible to, and at the service of, the … basis. Chapter 8 sets out the duties of the Convention’s governing body, the Conference of the Contracting Parties, … Fund, if two-thirds of the Parties were in agreement. A Governing Council, comprising one representative from each …
Ramsar Convention Manual, 6th Edition
… is administered by a secretariat (§3.3), an independent body hosted by IUCN–International Union for Conservation of … Secretariat, with the advice of the subsidiary expert body, the Scientific and Technical Review Panel (STRP), and … of the Ramsar Convention is the intersessional executive body which represents the COP between its triennial meetings, …
RAMSAR Handbook 3: Laws and institutions
… by the review team (see Section 2.2). Where such a body does not exist, Parties might consider establishing an … the spectrum, customary laws may be the main source of law governing the rights and duties of indigenous and local … Small island states often have traditional institutions governing the use and ownership of land which can conflict …
Review of Statutory and Customary Law in the Xe Champhone Ramsar Site, LAO PDR - Implications for a rights-based approach to conservation
… 3 2. CUSTOMARY LAWS GOVERNING NATURAL RESOURCES IN THE XE CHAMPHONE WETLANDS … 50 5. IMPLICATIONS FOR GOVERNING RAMSAR SITES IN LAO PDR … aquaculture and fishing carried in one specific body of water to provide basic food for the daily life of a … ‘aboveground water sources’ as places where there is a body of water which occurs in long connecting flows and in …