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Conservation of the East Asian-Australasian Flyway and its threatened waterbirds
… Conservation of the East Asian-Australasian Flyway and its threatened waterbirds, with particular reference to the … Flyway (hereafter EAAF) supports more migratory waterbird species – and a higher proportion that are globally threatened – than any other flyway in the world especially …
Wetlands, water and the law. Using law to advance wetland conservation and wise use
… project teams and action groups, focusing in particular on species and biodiversity conservation and the management of … and plants. Wetland-dependent species are often rare, threatened or found only in a very restricted geographical … acknowledged to be of international importance48 are threatened by human activities or human- generated processes …
Document - The Ramsar Convention on Wetlands: its History and Development
… natural patrimony. It is concerned with that most threatened group of habitats, the wetlands. These are shallow … regulation or as essential habitat to a wide range of species. To most people wetlands were something to be … wetlands The Ramsar Convention on Wetlands (1993) 17 and threatened with extinction should be listed in a separate …
Review of Statutory and Customary Law in the Xe Champhone Ramsar Site, LAO PDR - Implications for a rights-based approach to conservation
… 15 3.2.2 Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) ........ 16 3.2.3 … for permission and then cut down other large trees that threatened the transmission wires. Xe village imposes … to the Convention. Appendix I includes all species threatened with extinction that are, or may be, affected by …
Ramsar Convention Manual, 6th Edition
… Transboundary wetland conservation 4.4.3 Transboundary species conservation 4.4.4 Regional cooperation and … decades, wetlands continue to be among the world’s most threatened ecosystems, owing mainly to ongoing drainage, … endangered, or critically endangered species or threatened ecological communities. Criterion 3: A wetland …
RAMSAR Handbook 3: Laws and institutions
… over wetlands and wetland resources (including migratory species). In several countries, jurisdiction is divided … impact assessment and audit procedures, habitat and species conservation, incentives) Site-specific measures … for the conservation and management of protected areas and species; • regional conservation instruments (including …
Wetland ecosystem services Factsheet 6 - Reservoirs of biodiversity
… many wetlands are extremely rich in biodiversity and many species of plants and animals are completely wetland … Great Barrier Reef, for example, supports 1,500 species of fish and up to 8,000 molluscs, not to mention … have put the percentage of species that are considered threatened among the various animal groups at 17% of wetland …
Managing MIDAs - Harmonising the Management of Multi-Internationally Designated Areas: Ramsar Sites, World Heritage Sites, Biosphere Reserves and UNESCO Global Geoparks
… transboundary wetlands, shared wetland systems and shared species. www.ramsar.org World Heritage Convention The 1972 … a network of core breeding and resting sites for rare and threatened species, and some rare natural habitat types which … the long-term survival of Europe’s most valuable and threatened species and habitats, listed under both the Birds …