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Wetlands, water and the law. Using law to advance wetland conservation and wise use
… or Manage Damaging Processes 237 19.1 Nonpoint Source Pollution 237 19.1.1 Agricultural Sources 237 19.1.2 Lead … dynamiting and poison used to catch coral reef fauna, pollution and ship's anchors.45 Indicators may also be linked … than a snapshot. Certain forms of damage, particularly pollution-induced change, are often latent and do not result …
RAMSAR Handbook 3: Laws and institutions
… planning, coastal management, water resource management or pollution control. At the local level, customary laws and … flows, groundwater); c) changes in water quality (e.g., pollution, eutrophication, sedimentation); and d) … wetlands. Some types of human activity (e.g., drainage, pollution or urban encroachment) almost always generate …
Document - The Ramsar Convention on Wetlands: its History and Development
… powerful and often extremely destructive through drainage, pollution and excessive hunting. However, agricultural crops … Convention, as well as new threats such as increased pollution by pesticides, it was decided that a G. V. T. … for waterfowl should not be excluded. Article 3 The word “pollution” should be included. Article 6 Initially the tasks …
Ramsar Convention Manual, 6th Edition
… ecosystems, owing mainly to ongoing drainage, conversion, pollution, and over-exploitation of their resources. The … sources, such as agricultural, industrial or domestic pollution, may occur at considerable distances from wetland … to change as the result of technological developments, pollution or other human interference. Information on such …
Managing MIDAs - Harmonising the Management of Multi-Internationally Designated Areas: Ramsar Sites, World Heritage Sites, Biosphere Reserves and UNESCO Global Geoparks
… the national territory from threats of environmental pollution and improve the quality of life for the public so … the degradation of air, water and soil quality, the noise pollution, the pressures of expanding infrastructure and … their territory as a result of technological developments, pollution and human interference. Contracting Parties are …