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… rarely designed to safeguard individual wetlands against harmful impacts of external activities. Site-specific … environmen- tally sensitive agriculture) or potentially harmful (e.g., wetland drainage, watershed deforestation). … free or low-cost flood insurance is a form of disguised subsidy that encourages the development of wetlands in areas …

… for environmentally sensitive agriculture) or potentially harmful (e.g., wetland drainage, watershed deforestation). … and prevention or mitigation of conditions that may be harmful to other watercourse States, including siltation, … reduce flood damage; • preventing or mitigating conditions harmful to other watercourse States; • providing prior …