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Wetlands, water and the law. Using law to advance wetland conservation and wise use

… 62 5.2.3 Poorly-adapted Legal Regimes for Land Tenure and Resource Use 64 5.2.4 Jurisdictional and Institutional … to maintain traditional forms of animal and plant resource exploitation and provide essential communication … supply that feeds the wetland. However, most national accounting systems do not yet systematically incorporate …
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RAMSAR Handbook 3: Laws and institutions

… and audits, land-use planning, coastal management, water resource management or pollution control. At the local level, … technical / planning guidelines Rules on land tenure and resource use Contracts and concessions Customary laws and … and international cooperation mechanisms Natural resource management Energy generation Industry and mining …
20 Jun 2026 Document

Document - The Ramsar Convention on Wetlands: its History and Development

… to be made before funding and for the sustained use of the resource to be ensured. The needs of developed countries … and ecology; information on the use of the wildfowl resource for food, sport, amenity, scientific and other … the sea, rain and rivers and is veritably an international resource which must be conserved and kept free from …
20 Jun 2026 Document in Biological Diversity

Managing MIDAs - Harmonising the Management of Multi-Internationally Designated Areas: Ramsar Sites, World Heritage Sites, Biosphere Reserves and UNESCO Global Geoparks

… environmental conservation, sustainable development and resource use, and engagement and benefit sharing with local … level The Guidance has also been prepared for natural resource ministries, environmental authorities and national … export sectors, contributing to 9% of the global GDP, and accounting for one in 11 jobs worldwide.28 Making tourism …
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The importance of assessing the water needs of wetlands in order to preserve their ecological functions

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Ramsar Convention Manual, 6th Edition

… international cooperation. In sum, wetlands constitute a resource of great economic, cultural, scientific and … Activities may vary between strict protection with no resource exploitation; a small amount of resource exploitation; large-scale sustainable resource
20 Jun 2026 Document in Biological Diversity

Review of Statutory and Customary Law in the Xe Champhone Ramsar Site, LAO PDR - Implications for a rights-based approach to conservation

… the team undertook a desk study on laws governing natural resource use in Lao PDR as well as comprehensive field work … that work directly and indirectly in favour of natural resource conservation in the villages surveyed in and around … tellers nor the Kuan Cham Ban get involved in natural resource management. 2.6 Permission and Enforcement …
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Wetland ecosystem services Factsheet 7 - Wetland products

… as a basic food commodity and a highly valued economic resource is widely appreciated, few people realize that …
20 Jun 2026 Document

Cultural Heritage Information Pack: 11 Wetland cultural heritage and the Ramsar Convention

… with a number of institutions on the cultural side of resource management. The European Archaeologi- cal Council …
20 Jun 2026 Document

Major components of the Ramsar Convention- extract from InforMEA e-learning course

20 Jun 2026 Course lesson in Biological Diversity