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Wetlands, water and the law. Using law to advance wetland conservation and wise use
… brings together States, government agencies and a diverse range of non-governmental organizations in a unique world … 3 1.2 Classification of Wetland Types 4 Box 1. The Range of Wetland Habitat Types 5 1.2.1 Artificial Wetlands 6 … 259 21.1 Role of Treaty Institutions in Improving State Compliance 259 21.2 Role of Judges, NGOs and Citizens …
RAMSAR Handbook 3: Laws and institutions
… Convention was signed in December 1998 and foreshadows a range of joint actions relating to the above. 25. Other … particular challenges to legislators as they cover a wide range of habitat types (e.g., caves, peatbogs, inland deltas, … compensation for managing wetlands in their natural state and for crop damage by wildlife; • Tax incentives, such …
Managing MIDAs - Harmonising the Management of Multi-Internationally Designated Areas: Ramsar Sites, World Heritage Sites, Biosphere Reserves and UNESCO Global Geoparks
… 36 Case study 4. Talamanca mountain range (Costa Rica) … in which the actual areas can overlap, together with the range of benefits and/or challenges that multiple … MIDAs (nomination dossiers, periodic reports, ad hoc state of conservation reports), in order to ensure harmonised …
Document - The Ramsar Convention on Wetlands: its History and Development
… Prof Matthews’ figures and descriptions concerning the state of the Convention in 1993 may be updated by reference … hydrological regulation or as essential habitat to a wide range of species. To most people wetlands were something to … to have more detailed site descriptions, with a wider range of information grouped under more headings. A new …
Review of Statutory and Customary Law in the Xe Champhone Ramsar Site, LAO PDR - Implications for a rights-based approach to conservation
… was proclaimed in 1975. For the first four decades of the state’s existence, the country’s ethnic populations were … identified different kinds of customary protection and a range of largely self- enforced penalties under customary … much dependent on the seriousness of the crime, and may range from a chicken, to a pig, cow or buffalo. After the …
Securing the future for global peatlands
… a key role in flood management), and support a wide range of rare, specialist and threatened biodiversity, and … for climate change, biodiversity conservation, and a wide range of ecosystem services, and RECALLING that the … activities to reduce deforestation and forest degradation. State and agency Members of the United States abstained …
Wetland ecosystem services Factsheet 7 - Wetland products
… in far-off cities in foreign countries. Wetland products range from food staples, such as fish and rice, to timber for … S The economic beneficiaries of wetland products range from local communities to multinational corporations. S … that play important ecological roles and support a range of biodiversity, including internationally important …
Ramsar Convention Manual, 6th Edition
… and plant matter; wildlife resources; transport; a wide range of other wetland products, including herbal medicines; … or are part of river basins that include more than one State. The health of these and other wetlands is dependent … towards the wise use of their wetlands through a wide range of actions and processes contributing to human …
The importance of assessing the water needs of wetlands in order to preserve their ecological functions
… fauna and flora; RECOGNIZING that wetlands provide a wide range of ecosystem services which contribute to human … achieved and lessons learned from these activities. State and agency Members of the United States abstained …