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… 62 5.2.3 Poorly-adapted Legal Regimes for Land Tenure and Resource Use 64 5.2.4 Jurisdictional and Institutional … • mangroves and other tidal forests. These very productive plant communities adapted to living in dynamic estuarine and … the umbrella term used to denote diversity within species (genetic diversity), between species and between ecosystems. …

… activities do not necessarily have to be related to resource exploitation, for example by oil rigs, but could … or uses of marine living organisms, parts thereof or their genetic material. While some regard it as marine scientific … of the ecosystems of which these species are part and genetic diversity within species. Concrete components of …

… Partner (Ramsar) ITPGRFA International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture IUCN International … environmental conservation, sustainable development and resource use, and engagement and benefit sharing with local …

… – or biodiversity – is the term given to the variety of plant and animal speciesfound in a particular area, whether … wetlands, meaning they are found nowhere else on Earth. S Genetic variation – safeguarding the variety of life in … or Purple Loosestrife Lythrum salicaria, a Eurasian plant of freshwater marshes that has run rampant across North …

… and audits, land-use planning, coastal management, water resource management or pollution control. At the local level, … the extent that this applies to wetland-reliant animal and plant species (corals, crocodiles, certain fish…). 3.0 … more comprehensive treatment than wetland habitats and genetic resources); • measures for sustainable use (e.g., …

… as it would be to demolish the Cathedral of Chartres to plant potatoes”. Also very pertinent was the end quotation, … to be made before funding and for the sustained use of the resource to be ensured. The needs of developed countries … It could also (iv) be of special value in maintaining genetic and ecological diversity or (v) play a major role as …

… factor controling the environment and the associated plant and animal life. They occur where the water table is at … species. Wetlands are also important storehouses of plant genetic material. Rice, for example, which is a common … international cooperation. In sum, wetlands constitute a resource of great economic, cultural, scientific and …