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Review of Statutory and Customary Law in the Xe Champhone Ramsar Site, LAO PDR - Implications for a rights-based approach to conservation

… the Xe Champhone Ramsar Site, Lao PDR Implications for a rights-based approach to conservation Patricia Moore, … inclusive decision-making to improve livelihood security, human and ecosystem health. … organizations to be able to formulate strategies based on human rights principles that also contribute to the …
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Wetlands, water and the law. Using law to advance wetland conservation and wise use

… 121 9.2.3 Relationship Between Strict Conservation and Human Utilisation 124 10 Legislative Techniques for … of important relationships between: • wetlands, people and human institutions; • land and water use within and beyond … n. 12, pp. 14-18. Butler, L.L. 1990. Environmental Water Rights: An Evolving Concept of Public Property at p. 358. …
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RAMSAR Handbook 3: Laws and institutions

… areas no deeper than six metres at low tide, as well as human-made wetlands such as waste-water treatment ponds and … procedures, decisions and actions of public bodies and the rights and duties of the private sector, communities and … complex issues that exist between: • wetlands, people and human institutions; • land and water use within and beyond …
01 Jun 2026 Document

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

… manage natural resources for the well-being of both human populations and the environment. … of global biological diversity and for sustaining human life through the maintenance of their ecosystem … even lack of respect for community and indigenous peoples’ rights. A multiplicity of different forms of recognition …
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Ramsar Convention Manual, 6th Edition

… areas no deeper than six metres at low tide, as well as human-made wetlands such as waste-water treatment ponds and … for biodiversity conservation and for the well-being of human communities, thus fulfilling the full scope of the … in the List does not prejudice the exclusive sovereign rights of the Contracting Party in whose territory the …
01 Jun 2026 Document in Biological Diversity

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

… different times of the year. In recent decades, however, human population increases and severe drought, along with the … management system for maintaining the foug- garas, human-made undergrou- nd water systems, has assured water … the New Zealand Govern- ment has given the Maori sole rights to areas where they can manage the harvest of seafoods …
01 Jun 2026 Document

Major components of the Ramsar Convention- extract from InforMEA e-learning course

… the sustainable utilization of wetlands for the benefit of human kind in a way compatible with the maintenance of the … in three categories: Marine and Coastal, Inland and Human-made Wetlands. The inclusion of a site on the list does not prejudice the sovereign rights of the territorial state. However, the state must …
01 Jun 2026 Course lesson in Biological Diversity

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

… as pariahs. The fact that many of the most advanced human civilizations developed within or in immediate … an important role. Nonetheless, throughout the whole of human history, wetlands have remained in disrepute. Drainage … effort on “the biological basis of productivity and human welfare”. Its Production, Freshwaters (PF) section, …
01 Jun 2026 Document in Biological Diversity