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Marine protected areas and climate change - Adaptation and mitigation synergies, opportunities and challenges

… Marine Protected Areas and climate change: Adaptation and mitigation synergies, opportunities and challenges Simard, … USA, 688 pp. Kirwan, M.L. and J.P. Megonigal (2013). Tidal wetland stability in the face of human activity and sea level … Figure 4.2: Comparative analysis of wetland carbon stocks and emissions (from Herr et al., 2015). …
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Wetlands, water and the law. Using law to advance wetland conservation and wise use

… Centre Wetlands, Water and the Law Using law to advance wetland conservation and wise use Clare Shine and Cyrille de … Union Wetlands, Water and the Law Using law to advance wetland conservation and wise use IUCN - The World … No Net Loss Policies 230 18.3 Options for Wetland Mitigation, Compensation and Restoration 231 18.4 Future …
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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

Culture and wetlands: A Ramsar guidance document

… of activities and values 35 3.2 Cultural aspects of wetland-related activities 38 4. Technical guidance on … activities 43 4.1 Habitation 43 4.2 Primary use of wetland resources 46 4.3 Secondary use of wetland resources 49 4.4 Knowledge, belief systems and social …
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World Wetlands Day 2017 Factsheet 2: Five wetlands that help us cope with extreme weather events

… climate change. Yangtze River: ‘soft’ flood control with a wetland ecosystem Prone to monsoon flooding, the Yangtze …
17 Jun 2026 Document

Cultural Heritage Information Pack: 9 Wetlands and spiritual life

… Archaeology supplies ample evidence of the antiquity of wetland beliefs. Burial sites from 8,000 years ago in … religious taboos and local rules dictate the proper use of wetland resour- ces. At Lake Wassaya it is forbidden to hunt, … tems and traditions representing an important fea- ture of wetland cultural heritage – and at the same time often …
17 Jun 2026 Document

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 Technical Report 7: Ramsar Wetland Disease Manual

… on Wetlands Ramsar Technical Report No. 7 Ramsar Wetland Disease Manual Guidelines for Assessment, Monitoring … R.L., R. Lee, R. Reeves & D.A. Stroud. 2012. Ramsar Wetland Disease Manual: Guidelines for Assessment, Monitoring … High Impacts and requires great consideration and mitigation Very high Impacts greatly and requires great …
17 Jun 2026 Document

Briefing Note 2: Wetlands and water storage: current and future trends and issues

… both negative and positive implications for wetlands and wetland ecosystem services. In this Note, the STRP provides … of the increased demand for water storage. • Wetlands and wetland ecosystem services can be negatively impacted by dams … addressing major issues of climate change adaptation and mitigation, food security, and responses to major events such …
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Guidance for identifying and designating peatlands, wet grasslands, mangroves and coral reefs as Wetlands of International Importance

… of peatland, wet grassland, mangrove, and coral reef wetland types as Wetlands of International Importance (Ramsar … and coral reefs were recognised by the Global Review of Wetland Resources and Priorities for Wetland Inventory report … and indigenous people, landscape stabilization, flood mitigation, removal of pollutants, tourism, and recreation. …
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