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

… Wetlands, Water and the Law Using law to advance wetland conservation and wise use Clare Shine and Cyrille de Klemm … phosphorus in vegetation or accumulating them in the sub-soil: this helps to reduce eutrophication of downstream lakes … can simultaneously contribute to species loss by modifying soil acidity and reduce water quality by contributing to …
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Review of Statutory and Customary Law in the Xe Champhone Ramsar Site, LAO PDR - Implications for a rights-based approach to conservation

… INTERNATIONAL UNION FOR CONSERVATION OF NATURE Review of Statutory and Customary Law … Site, Lao PDR Implications for a rights-based approach to conservation Patricia Moore, Minavanh Pholsena, Ketsana … forest in water catchment areas; 6. Not dig or take away soil from swamps and wetlands, except in the case of …
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Ramsar Convention Manual, 6th Edition

… 1971) is an intergovernmental treaty whose mission is “the conservation and wise use of all wetlands through local, … between Contracting Parties 4.4.2 Transboundary wetland conservation 4.4.3 Transboundary species conservation 4.4.4 Regional cooperation and initiatives 4.4.5 …
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

… M anaging M ID A s IU C N INTERNATIONAL UNION FOR CONSERVATION OF NATURE WORLD HEADQUARTERS Rue Mauverney 28 … areas only reinforce the degradation of air, water and soil quality, the noise pollution, the pressures of expanding … in elevation above sea level, changes in topography and soil types, patch systems and naturally regenerating patches; …
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Securing the future for global peatlands

… importance of peatlands for climate change, biodiversity conservation, and a wide range of ecosystem services, and … RECOGNISING that a workshop held during the IUCN World Conservation Congress at its session in Jeju, Republic of … area or is subject to wetland preservation laws; The World Conservation Congress, at its session in Hawai‘i, United …
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RAMSAR Handbook 3: Laws and institutions

… 1971) is an intergovernmental treaty whose mission is “the conservation and wise use of all wetlands through local, … physical, biological or chemical components, such as soil, water, plants, animals and nutrients, and the … and/or any activity involving the modification of the soil profile that could cause erosion and degradation of …
20 Jun 2026 Document

Cultural Heritage Information Pack: 1 Introduction

… tion by the wider wetland community concerned with the conservation and wise use of wetlands. The extent and … behind them, is widely recognized as a key tool in the conservation of biological diversity. For many urban …
20 Jun 2026 Document

Cultural Heritage Information Pack: 6 Cultural heritage -- Wetlands -- a cultural landscape

… are reflected: the water that provides the salt; the soil for building walls and dams; the air that contributes to …
20 Jun 2026 Document

Cultural Heritage Information Pack: 9 Wetlands and spiritual life

… heritage – and at the same time often ensuring the conservation and wise use of wetlands. The Ramsar Bureau Rue …
20 Jun 2026 Document

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

… twenty years ago as the first of the modern global nature conservation conventions. The period when the treaty was … There were three modifiers for acid/alkaline balance, two soil modifiers and six special modifiers concerned with … “those physical, biological or chemical components such as soil, water, plants, animals and nutrients, and the …
20 Jun 2026 Document in Biological Diversity