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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

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

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

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

25 May 2026 Course lesson in Biological Diversity

Manual for the national focal points for CMS and its instruments

… The Appendices of CMS include many mammals, including land mammals, marine mammals and bats; birds; fish; reptiles … Memorandum of Understanding concerning Conservation and Restoration of the Bukhara Deer (Single species instrument) … Memorandum of Understanding concerning Conservation, Restoration and Sustainable Use of the Saiga Antelope (Single …
25 May 2026 Document in Biological Diversity

Farmer's Rights in the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture

… production constitutes 85 per cent of the agricultural land used, with several different varieties grown. The local … rice) a year because she has been able to access more land. She leases land from the local school, and due to the soil quality of …
25 May 2026 Document in Biological Diversity

Conservation and Sustainable Use under the International Treaty

… to agriculture, the most important ones include changes in land use, replacement of traditional varieties by modern … intensification, increased population, poverty, land degradation and environmental change (including climate … 1.6). Gene banks can also provide germplasm material for restoration of lost crops after natural or man-made …
25 May 2026 Document in Biological Diversity

Food and Agriculture Organization (2017), Analyzing the benefits of implementing the IPPC

… the protection of plants (both cultivated and wild, on land or in aquatic environments), the ap- plication of … for sustainable agriculture, it is necessary to use more land and implement more efficient production sys- tems, new … estonia’s phytosanitary capabilities Before Estonia’s restoration to independence from Soviet Union occupation in …
25 May 2026 Document in Biological Diversity