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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 … 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 …
RAMSAR Handbook 3: Laws and institutions
… planning, coastal management, water resource management or pollution control. At the local level, customary laws and … 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 …
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 … 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; …
Document - The Ramsar Convention on Wetlands: its History and Development
… powerful and often extremely destructive through drainage, pollution and excessive hunting. However, agricultural crops … 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 …
Review of Statutory and Customary Law in the Xe Champhone Ramsar Site, LAO PDR - Implications for a rights-based approach to conservation
… forest in water catchment areas; 6. Not dig or take away soil from swamps and wetlands, except in the case of … way, including damaging boundary markers; and generating pollution by raising aquatic animals and wildlife in …