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

… patrimony. It is concerned with that most threatened group of habitats, the wetlands. These are shallow open … in the work of the Convention and, especially, to those working to encourage their country to become a new Party. … and it set the scene for a small but highly significant working dinner given for G.V.T. Matthews that evening. …
26 May 2026 Document in Biological Diversity

Ramsar Convention Manual, 6th Edition

… Thus, more and more economists and other scientists are working in the growing field of the valuation of ecosystem … the Convention, but may nevertheless develop bilateral working agreements with the Convention Secretariat. No state … participates in UNEP’s Environmental Management Group (EMG) as well. In 2006, an agreement was put into …
26 May 2026 Document in Biological Diversity

Review of Statutory and Customary Law in the Xe Champhone Ramsar Site, LAO PDR - Implications for a rights-based approach to conservation

… and participation in the surveys, workshops and group discussions. Finally, we are very grateful to the … of the provincial secretariat and implementation working team for the management of Xe Champhone wetland, … appointing a provincial secretariat and an implementation working team. The secretariat created by this decision is …
26 May 2026 Literature See it in ECOLEX · This content is provided by ECOLEX

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

… has been used in an international sense to refer to a group of countries in one continent or one biogeographic … areas of complementarity between Ramsar and the CBD. Close working relations have already been established between the … meeting, the COP also called for the establishment of a Working Group on Criteria and Wise Use, with the aim of …
26 May 2026 Literature See it in ECOLEX · This content is provided by ECOLEX

Managing MIDAs - Harmonising the Management of Multi-Internationally Designated Areas: Ramsar Sites, World Heritage Sites, Biosphere Reserves and UNESCO Global Geoparks

… Sites, designated as Wetlands of International Importance. Working with the UNESCO World Heritage Convention, with the … and 10% of marine areas to be protected. However, while working towards that goal, these MIDAs – sites with multiple … Faber. Finally, IUCN wishes to sincerely thank the group of external reviewers that provided insightful and …
26 May 2026 Literature See it in ECOLEX · This content is provided by ECOLEX

Cultural Heritage Information Pack: 10 Wetlands -- an inspiration in art, music, literature and folklore

… relationship between the people and their wetlands, and a group of these artists, working during the COP in Costa Rica, produced this painting …
26 May 2026 Document

RAMSAR Handbook 3: Laws and institutions

… the guidelines. The handbooks are available in the three working languages of the Convention (English, French, and … to handle and more naturally matches their own everyday working environment. The intended readership includes … also Handbook 20, International cooperation Local people working together: Youvarou, Delta Intérieur de Niger Ramsar …
26 May 2026 Document

Cultural Heritage Information Pack: 5 Cultural heritage -- a management challenge

… sys- tem that had endured for generations, permitting each group to exploit sustainably the resources in the floodplain … practices with the help of international organizations working in collaboration with local and national government …
26 May 2026 Document

Cultural Heritage Information Pack: 9 Wetlands and spiritual life

… wishing to see the lake must first gain permission from a group of village eld- ers. These traditional beliefs are …
26 May 2026 Document

Wetland ecosystem services Factsheet 8 - Cultural values

… T he Ramsar Convention’s Culture & Wetlands Working Group has described four main components of the overall …
26 May 2026 Document