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… for its medi- cinal properties. Medicinal mud, used in traditional Chinese medicine and recommended by the Greek physician Hippocrates, … wetlands now welcome large numbers of people for the more traditional visitor activities such as birdwatching, walking, …

… salt (produced by evaporating seawater), animal fodder, traditional medicines (e.g. from mangrove bark), fibres for …

… important Doñana wetlands of Andalusia, south-west Spain, traditional religious celebrations held annually include a … intertwined. In recent years, closer collaboration between traditional land-management techniques and western science have seen traditional burning practices used to restore a more mixed …

… that serve as housing and shops as well as for the more traditional uses such as fishing and transportation. Striking … forth the creative talents of people for millennia.” Traditional fishing in the Parque Nacional de los Roques, a …

… 1.6 billion in 2001. Mangroves have been used to produce traditional remedies in areas of the world as widely …

… communities. Wetlands thus enable communities to maintain traditional forms of animal and plant resource exploitation … occurring in wild species may be very important for human medicine. By way of example, certain small fish from the … around wetlands for thousands of years and many traditional cultures have been shaped by their proximity to …

… by the Conference of the Parties. Laws must also recognize traditional practices that rely upon wetlands and their … indigenous and local communities: in such cases, replacing traditional management approaches with public agency controls … for such coordination. Small island states often have traditional institutions governing the use and ownership of …

… near wetlands and use wetland resources according to their traditional rules and practices. A large percentage of the … small fee, children playing in the area will sing a traditional song and the turtles will come up to the surface … practices of indigenous and local communities embodying traditional lifestyles relevant for the conservation and …

… conditions, sensitive to local cultures and respectful of traditional uses. Management planning for Ramsar Sites … late 20th century, water abstraction, the abandonment of traditional land-use practices and increased fertilizer and …