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Wetland ecosystem services Factsheet 7 - Wetland products

… and scales, from low-intensity subsistence users, to intensive, commercial exploitation involving multinational … lost in the past 20 years, with aquaculture – especially intensive shrimp farming – implicated as one of the main culprits. Rice is a …
31 May 2026 Document

Wetlands, water and the law. Using law to advance wetland conservation and wise use

… floodplains are drained and subsequently irrigated for intensive arable cultivation. Under some laws, the grant of … through fisheries, cattle herding and recession culture farming on the wet nutrient-rich riverbanks. The middle … land use. By 1985, the drainage of available wetlands for intensive agriculture was estimated at 27% for Asia, 6% for …
31 May 2026 Literature See it in ECOLEX · This content is provided by ECOLEX

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

… Their wetlands were often in a near-pristine state and intensive management was not appropriate. A sustainable yield … (reclamation, recreation) or low resource countries (intensive productivity) must be recognized, and activities … as ducks, flamingos and herons. The third dealt with farming for waterfowl and the prevention of crop damage. The …
31 May 2026 Document in Biological Diversity

Cultural Heritage Information Pack: 3 Wetlands as an early source of food and raw materials

… u ra l h e ri ta g e o f w e tl a n d s evolved into more intensive wetland taro production. In Japan, farming in wetlands was added to the use of wild resources at …
31 May 2026 Document

Ramsar Convention Manual, 6th Edition

… Convention, especially in the case of sites subject to intensive use by human communities – either to extract …
31 May 2026 Document in Biological Diversity