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Wetlands, water and the law. Using law to advance wetland conservation and wise use
… Cyrille de Klemm IUCN Environmental Policy and Law Paper No. 38 IUCN The World Conservation Union Wetlands, Water and … Chapter 4 et seq. below. It has since been accepted as a rule of customary international law, reflected in more modern … more systematically on potential sources of environmental harm, addressing the impacts of human activities and products …
RAMSAR Handbook 3: Laws and institutions
… seagrass beds, but also coral reefs and other marine areas no deeper than six metres at low tide, as well as human-made … to wetlands (e.g., exclusion of coastal wetlands, no legal safeguards for water supply of appropriate quality … States to avoid, eliminate or mitigate significant harm to other watercourse states and establishes detailed …
Review of Statutory and Customary Law in the Xe Champhone Ramsar Site, LAO PDR - Implications for a rights-based approach to conservation
… and the Mekong Water Dialogues, facilitated by IUCN. No warranty as to the accuracy or completeness of this … on their day-to-day life. To further strengthen the rule of law and promote the integration of customary law into … the villagers are not allowed to hunt the monkeys, nor harm them in any way even if the monkeys steal or cause other …
Managing MIDAs - Harmonising the Management of Multi-Internationally Designated Areas: Ramsar Sites, World Heritage Sites, Biosphere Reserves and UNESCO Global Geoparks
… national authorities are in charge of the same MIDA, and no harmonised legal or administrative framework exists, let … each country every year. Moreover, and under the current rule, no more than 45 nominations for listing should be … local residents became concerned that these actions might harm the island’s environmental assets. Meanwhile, the MAB …