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Wetlands, water and the law. Using law to advance wetland conservation and wise use
… Wetlands, Water and the Law Using law to advance wetland conservation and wise use Clare Shine and Cyrille de Klemm … diversity of nature and to ensure that any use of natural resources is equitable and ecologically sustainable. A … Powers 118 9.2.2 Under-representation of Coastal and Marine Protected Areas 121 9.2.3 Relationship Between Strict …
Review of Statutory and Customary Law in the Xe Champhone Ramsar Site, LAO PDR - Implications for a rights-based approach to conservation
… INTERNATIONAL UNION FOR CONSERVATION OF NATURE Review of Statutory and Customary Law … International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources Resources: Reproduction of this publication for … and athletic use; 2. Fishing and raising fish or other marine animals; 3. Collecting dirt, rocks, gravel, sand, mud, …
RAMSAR Handbook 3: Laws and institutions
… 1971) is an intergovernmental treaty whose mission is “the conservation and wise use of all wetlands through local, … and seagrass beds, but also coral reefs and other marine areas no deeper than six metres at low tide, as well … traditional practices that rely upon wetlands and their resources, such as those of these goat herders at the Tabalak …
Ramsar Convention Manual, 6th Edition
… 1971) is an intergovernmental treaty whose mission is “the conservation and wise use of all wetlands through local, … and seagrass beds, but also coral reefs and other marine areas no deeper than six metres at low tide, as well … up to date as of January 2013. For Ramsar documents and resources mentioned in the text without references, those …
Managing MIDAs - Harmonising the Management of Multi-Internationally Designated Areas: Ramsar Sites, World Heritage Sites, Biosphere Reserves and UNESCO Global Geoparks
… M anaging M ID A s IU C N INTERNATIONAL UNION FOR CONSERVATION OF NATURE WORLD HEADQUARTERS Rue Mauverney 28 … civil society organisations. It harnesses the experience, resources and reach of its more than 1,300 Member … agreed targets are for 17% of terrestrial land and 10% of marine areas to be protected. However, while working towards …
Major components of the Ramsar Convention- extract from InforMEA e-learning course
… or flowing, fresh, brackish or salt, including areas of marine water the depth of which at low tide does not exceed … is to stop the loss of wetlands and to promote their conservation and wise use as a means to achieving sustainable … institutions at central and state level dealing with water resources, development planning, protected areas, etcetera. …
Document - The Ramsar Convention on Wetlands: its History and Development
… twenty years ago as the first of the modern global nature conservation conventions. The period when the treaty was … of the modern instruments seeking to conserve natural resources on a global scale. It is still the only world-wide … or flowing, fresh, brackish or salt, including areas of marine water the depth of which at low tide does not exceed …
Wetland ecosystem services Factsheet 6 - Reservoirs of biodiversity
… that abound on and around seasonal wetlands in Ngorongoro Conservation Area in the Crater Highlands area of Tanzania, … freshwater amphibians, 72% of freshwater turtles, 86% of marine turtles, 43% of crocodilians and 27% of coral … ‘alien’ (non-native) species and over- exploitation of resources (e.g. overfishing). The introduction of invasive …