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Case Study - Inland Wetlands in India

… CHAPTER 2 Forests 11 CASE STUDIES in the Western Ghats 18 mitigation measures in southern India 30 A case study from … for sustainable management of water resources 50 Ousteri wetland, Puducherry 52 53 Jammu and Kashmir 55 CHAPTER 4 … the east and west coast. As per data contained in National Wetland Atlas of 2011, India has 15.26 million hectares (mha) …
17 Jun 2026 Document in Biological Diversity

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

… throughout the world which have designated almost 600 wetland sites onto the Ramsar List of Wetlands of … the past decades. Ornithologists were the first to support wetland conservation, because they wished to maintain the … run to many hundreds of pages. In 1986 the subject was Mitigation of Impacts and Losses (456 pp.). With more than a …
17 Jun 2026 Document in Biological Diversity

Ramsar Convention Manual, 6th Edition

… The wise use of wetlands 4.2.1 Establishment of national wetland policies 4.2.2 Knowledge of wetlands and their values 4.2.3 Action at particular wetland sites 4.3 Listed Sites 4.3.1 Criteria for identifying … for example, water storage; storm protection and flood mitigation; shoreline stabilization and erosion control; …
17 Jun 2026 Document in Biological Diversity

Manual for the national focal points for CMS and its instruments

… poverty reduction and climate change adaptation and mitigation, trade and internatio- nal cooperation, But also … development, poverty reduction, climate change adaptation/ mitigation, trade and international cooperation. INFOrMatION … and Public Awareness (CEPA) Plan for Wetland Protection in China …
17 Jun 2026 Document in Biological Diversity

Factsheet - Protected Areas

… goods and services, enabling climate change adaptation and mitigation, and helping countries achieve the Millennium … approaches to climate change adaptation and contribute to mitigation by storing and sequestering carbon n Protected …
17 Jun 2026 Document in Biological Diversity

Managing Natural World Heritage - World Heritage Resource Manual

… they may be a Ramsar (Convention on Wetlands) recognized wetland, a Biosphere Reserve or have had a management … It is Europe’s largest and most important marine wetland and the scale of its tidal flats, gullies, salt … drinking and irrigation, and erosion control; • disaster mitigation; • climate change adaptation. An effective way of …
17 Jun 2026 Document in Biological Diversity

UNEP Guide for Negotiators of Multilateral Environmental Agreements

17 Jun 2026 Document in Biological Diversity