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Wetlands, water and the law. Using law to advance wetland conservation and wise use
… drought, sea-level rise or infilling with sediment or organic material. Lake Chad in the Sahel, for example, is … game, shellfish and fish. The shallow waters trap silt and organic matter on which large numbers of small creatures … their gills every 2 years, purifying it of much organic waste.26 Wetlands also provide an important reservoir of …
Review of Statutory and Customary Law in the Xe Champhone Ramsar Site, LAO PDR - Implications for a rights-based approach to conservation
… selling any kind of prohibited fishing gear; disposing of waste or discharging waste water or chemicals into water bodies; trapping fish by … animals in downstream communities; • dumping of solid waste around the lakes and ponds (Nong Pou Ta, Soui in …
Document - The Ramsar Convention on Wetlands: its History and Development
… nutrient-rich silt, filtration of pollutants, storage of organic matter. The vulnerability of wetlands and the many … United Kingdom, E. Maltby’s book “Waterlogged Wealth - Why Waste the World’s Wet Places?” (1986, 200 pp) set out the … xii + 770 pp. Maltby, E. 1986. Waterlogged Wealth. Why waste the world’s wet places? Earthscan, London, UK. 200 pp. …
Managing MIDAs - Harmonising the Management of Multi-Internationally Designated Areas: Ramsar Sites, World Heritage Sites, Biosphere Reserves and UNESCO Global Geoparks
… were also studied and recorded. Managing MIDAs 10 Organic honey production in Katunskiy Biosphere … control, plant pollination, biological pest control, organic waste degradation, and mitigation of climate change effects. …