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

… sands of years and today their brush paintings of peaceful wetland scenes and wetland species are widely appreciated, as for example, the … some 2500 years ago and Ovid of Augustan Rome, draw upon inland, river, and coastal scenes for many of their most …
19 Jun 2026 Document

Guidelines for applying protected area management categories

… 55 Inland water protected areas … areas in different categories providing benefits to inland waters … protected area categories for different types of inland wetland ecosystems … ● tropical forests, deserts and other arid lands, complex wetland systems, coastal and high seas, boreal forests etc. – …
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Guidelines for Applying Protected Area Management Categories. Best Practice Guidance on Recognising Protected Areas and Assigning Management Categories and Governance Types

… 55 Inland water protected areas … areas in different categories providing benefits to inland waters … protected area categories for different types of inland wetland ecosystems … as tropical forests, deserts and other arid lands, complex wetland systems, coastal and high seas, boreal forests etc. – …
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The Status and Distribution of Freshwater Biodiversity in Western Africa

… European Union. Acknowledgements viii Biodiversity within inland water ecosystems in western Africa is both highly … available information on the status and distribution of inland water taxa. In response to this need for information, … hydropower will have a significant impact on the region’s wetland ecosystems. An immediate initiative is required to …
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Mapping Biodiversity Priorities - a practical, science-based approach to national biodiversity assessment and prioritisation to inform strategy and action planning

… results. 5. Aim for consistency across terrestrial, inland water, coastal and marine realms. 6. Use an adaptive … a map of ecosystem types across the terrestrial, inland water, coastal and marine realms. 15 3 Sourcing or … the ecological condition of the river is likely to be. ● Wetland condition can be assessed by using land cover data to …
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RAMSAR Handbook 3: Laws and institutions

… legal and institutional measures 11 3.1.1 Identify wetland-related legal and institutional measures 13 3.1.2 … Convention’s broad definition (Article 2.1). applies to inland and coastal wetlands: “areas of marsh, fen, peatland … Communications and transports, including coastal and inland navigation Foreign and domestic investment Foreign …
19 Jun 2026 Document

A guide to the complementarities between the Convention on Migratory Species and the Convention on Biological Diversity

… Areas 17 4.1 Marine and Coastal Biodiversity 17 4.2 Inland Waters Biodiversity 19 4.3 Forest Biodiversity 20 4.4 … species are found in marine and coastal ecosystems, inland waters ecosystems, forest ecosystems, agricultural … sustain migratory species populations. For example, the wetland habitats of the Siberian crane are increasingly …
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The greening of water law: Managing freshwater resources for people and the environment

… eutrophication), all of which exert their impacts on inland waters. Nutrient loading is projected to become an … available to maintain the ecological character of many inland water ecosystems. Over-harvesting of inland waters, … in the disruption of the food web.35 Of the more than 950 wetland-dependent bird species found around the world, 203 …
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Role of Multilateral Environmental Agreements (MEAs) in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

… restoration and sustainable use of terrestrial and inland freshwater ecosystems and their services, in … Target 11 By 2020, at least 17 per cent of terrestrial and inland water, and 10 per cent of coastal and marine areas, … for biodiversity, and of terrestrial, marine and inland water systems Trends in the delivery of ecosystem …
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Safe Havens: Protected Areas for Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation

… Parks on the northern Gulf of Mexico and post storm wetland restoration Chapter 17 – Viet … for decision-making Coastal/ Marine Wind, storm surge and inland flooding Cambodia Peam Krasaop Wildlife Sanctuary … a marine park and are protected, damages reached only 50 m inland, while in Peraliya, a nearby area, where extensive …
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