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Case Study - Inland Wetlands in India

… of India of ecosystems. For instance, when forest land is diverted or Afforestation (CA) over at least equal land area as the diverted forest land. In addition, a Net … large emphasis has been laid on the conservation, restoration and development of forests. Table 1 presents the …
25 May 2026 Document in Biological Diversity

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

… - lakes, ponds, rivers and coastal fringes - and any land which is regularly or intermittently covered or … and it is governments who, in various ways, control land use within their borders. It is therefore surprising how … administrative devices; the management, utilization and restoration of wetlands; the role of man-made aquatic …
25 May 2026 Document in Biological Diversity

Ramsar Convention Manual, 6th Edition

… where the water table is at or near the surface of the land, or where the land is covered by shallow water. The Ramsar Convention takes … with development aid agencies; • to establish wetland restoration projects. c) Fostering communication about …
25 May 2026 Document in Biological Diversity

Document - Freshwater Law and Governance: Global and Regional Perspectives for Sustainability

… Development Bank AFOLU Agriculture, Forestry and Other Land Use AMCOW African Ministers’ Council on Water CBD … 6 Lao PDR Lao People’s Democratic Republic LULUCF Land Use, Land-Use Change and Forestry MDBA Murray-Darling … change, because forests can act as carbon sinks; their restoration and preservation is one of the feasible ways to …
25 May 2026 Document in Marine and Freshwater

Managing Natural World Heritage - World Heritage Resource Manual

… International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property (ICCROM) UNESCO World … an outstanding example of a traditional human settlement, land-use, or sea-use which is representative of a culture (or … often led to communities being forcibly relocated from land that had in some cases been their traditional homelands …
25 May 2026 Document in Biological Diversity

Regional Seas Agreements

… joint action to mitigate the impacts of pollution from land- based activities or from other sources. … Protection of the Mediterranean Sea against Pollution from Land- Based Sources was adopted on 17 May 1980 and entered into force on 17 July 1983. Land- based pollution presents 80% of harm done to the …
25 May 2026 Course lesson in Marine and Freshwater

CBD: Measures for Conservation and Sustainable Use - extract from InforMEA e-learning course

… Development and Environment, of Physical Planning, Land and Forest Management and of Agriculture, Animal … the protection of these areas; The rehabilitation and restoration of degraded ecosystems and the recovery of …
25 May 2026 Course lesson in Biological Diversity

White Paper - Regional Seas Governance

… damage to the oceans is caused by sea-based and land-based pollution, unsustainable exploitation of living … management derives from wildlife management, born on land, involving direct manipulation of the habitat and … of pollution including the protection, preservation, restoration and sustainable and rational use of the …
25 May 2026 Document in Marine and Freshwater

CBD: Mechanisms for Implementation - extract from InforMEA e-learning course

25 May 2026 Course lesson in Biological Diversity

Regulation of Freshwater at the Regional and Subregional Levels - extract from InforMEA e-learning course

… impact; To ensure conservation and, where necessary, restoration of ecosystems. Actions designed to deal with … on the recognition that the hydrological linkage between land, freshwater river basins and coastal waters does not …
25 May 2026 Course lesson in Marine and Freshwater