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… IUCN Environmental Law Centre Wetlands, Water and the Law Using law to advance wetland conservation … Paper No. 38 IUCN The World Conservation Union Wetlands, Water and the Law Using law to advance wetland conservation … the same process. Drainage and excessive groundwater abstraction can both generate lowering of the groundwater …

… ecosystems, as a result of land conversion and excessive water abstraction. Factsheet 6 in a series of 10 ecosystem services … lakes that have been physically isolated from other water bodies for long periods of time, enabling new, uniquely …

… at low tide, as well as human-made wetlands such as waste-water treatment ponds and reservoirs. About this series of … roles of other sectors beyond the “environment” or “water” sectors. It is thus very important that these … activities include hydrological changes from water abstraction or watercourse regulation and water-borne …

… at low tide, as well as human-made wetlands such as waste-water treatment ponds and reservoirs. Copyright © Ramsar … world”. 1.2 What are wetlands? Wetlands are areas where water is the primary factor controling the environment and … threatened species. During the late 20th century, water abstraction, the abandonment of traditional land-use …