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… and Institutions 62 5.2.3 Poorly-adapted Legal Regimes for Land Tenure and Resource Use 64 5.2.4 Jurisdictional and … Maps and Monitoring 90 7.5 The Issue of Wetland Restoration 93 PART III Managing Wetland Areas Through … 180 13 Integrating Wetland Conservation and Wise Use into Land-use Planning 183 Box 2. Wetlands and Regional Planning …

… between: • wetlands, people and human institutions; • land and water use within and beyond national boundaries; • … areas, environmental impact assessment and audits, land-use planning, coastal management, water resource … VII.17, establish policies to implement peatland restoration and rehabilitation, where appropriate seeking the …

… - lakes, ponds, rivers and coastal fringes - and any land which is regularly or intermittently covered or … and it is governments who, in various ways, control land use within their borders. It is therefore surprising how … administrative devices; the management, utilization and restoration of wetlands; the role of man-made aquatic …

… of conversion of intertidal wetlands to other forms of land use in the EAAF (faster than the rate of tropical forest … urgent need for specific research and cooperation for the restoration and management of these habitats; NOTING that the … in relation to the benefits arising from the reclamation (land claim) or conversion of such habitats; b. includes case …

… where the water table is at or near the surface of the land, or where the land is covered by shallow water. The Ramsar Convention takes … with development aid agencies; • to establish wetland restoration projects. c) Fostering communication about …

… has accumulated over time. They cover 3% of the earth’s land surface. Key fact: peatlands store more than twice as …

… world; RECOGNISING that peatlands occupy 3% of the Earth’s land surface area yet store more carbon than all the world’s … a wide range of ecosystem services, and RECALLING that the restoration and sustainable use of peatlands has long been …

… to Aboriginal people for some 50,000 years, during which land and culture have become inextricably intertwined. In recent years, closer collaboration between traditional land-management techniques and western science have seen … annually (2005–2007 averages) in the Kakadu and Arnhem Land region of Australia’s Northern Territory. Most of these …

… wetlands to minimize the damage from disasters Defined as land areas that are flooded with water, either seasonally or …

… in the sea to celebrate the pro- tection for the waters, land, and people of this region. Sometimes the sacred value …