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Wetlands, water and the law. Using law to advance wetland conservation and wise use
… of Wetland Types 4 Box 1. The Range of Wetland Habitat Types 5 1.2.1 Artificial Wetlands 6 1.3 Ecological … 23 2.3.2.1 Wetland Flora and Fauna 23 2.3.2.2 Wetland Habitat Types 24 2.3.2.3 Wetland Functions 24 2.3.2.4 Legal … Context 159 12 Generalised Protection of Wetland Habitat Types 163 12.1 Constitutional Protection of Wetlands …
Document - The Ramsar Convention on Wetlands: its History and Development
… of International Importance especially as Waterfowl Habitat. Reproduction of this publication for educational or … Nations, far more important, where a treaty to conserve habitat is concerned, is the area that the territories of its … of wetlands in hydrological regulation or as essential habitat to a wide range of species. To most people wetlands …
Conservation of the East Asian-Australasian Flyway and its threatened waterbirds
… on endangered birds and their habitats and develops habitat mapping as a tool and knowledge basis for selection, … investments, programmes and activities for strengthening habitat and species protection along the EAAF; and 4. FURTHER …
Ramsar Convention Manual, 6th Edition
… of International Importance especially as Waterfowl Habitat, reflects the original emphasis upon the conservation and wise use of wetlands primarily as habitat for waterbirds. Over the years, however, the … involved in recent years in collaborative work with UN-Habitat. At the pan-European level, the Secretariat is …
RAMSAR Handbook 3: Laws and institutions
… permit systems, impact assessment and audit procedures, habitat and species conservation, incentives) Site-specific … challenges to legislators as they cover a wide range of habitat types (e.g., caves, peatbogs, inland deltas, coral … in natural areas. Land-use plans may delimit specific habitat types wherever these occur on national territory, …
Review of Statutory and Customary Law in the Xe Champhone Ramsar Site, LAO PDR - Implications for a rights-based approach to conservation
… in the national context of Lao PDR. Xe Champhone is the habitat of one of the few surviving wild populations of the … purpose; trading in crocodiles and damaging crocodile habitat in any way; taking any action that blocks pathways … with WCS to protect Kan Lake/Nong Kan. The lake is habitat for crocodiles that have moved from Divorced Woman’s …
Managing MIDAs - Harmonising the Management of Multi-Internationally Designated Areas: Ramsar Sites, World Heritage Sites, Biosphere Reserves and UNESCO Global Geoparks
… for rare and threatened species, and some rare natural habitat types which are protected in their own right. It … of International Importance especially as Waterfowl Habitat, called in short the Ramsar Convention, is an … area or elsewhere, of a suitable portion of the original habitat. Few Ramsar Sites have ever been “deleted” in this …