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… water resource management (IWRM) incorporating an ecosystem approach is a key building block for achieving the … held, occupied or required for the purpose of irrigation. Wetland: (South Africa): means land which is transitional … statutory scheme needs to clarify that land drainage and wetland filling are within the permitting …

… with the maintenance of the natural properties of the ecosystem" (Rec. C.3.3 rev.). Selection for the Ramsar List should be based on the wetland's significance in terms of ecology, botany, zoology, … wise use; and have also a general obligation to include wetland conservation considerations in their national …

… D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, the Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund, the Gordon and Betty Moore … Conference of Parties, one of these being Criterion 6: “A wetland should be considered interna- tionally important if … of the 1% threshold approach to certain non-avian wetland-dependent taxa for which the requisite data have been …

… Ecosystem Based Approaches … the output of collaboration between the IUCN Commission on Ecosystem Management, World Commission on Environmental Law, … to unsustainable outcomes. For example, degradation in one wetland should not be off-set by restoration of another wetland or degradation in a forest ecosystem should not be …

… Biodiversity Action Plan species characteristic of their ecosystem. Goal 5: Promotion of public access to selected … The two terrapin species are restricted to lowland wetland habitats, the black mud turtle preferring marshes and … the islands and has marsh and river areas. La Passe has a wetland that runs through the island’s main settlement. This …

… Partnership for the Mediterranean Sea Large Marine Ecosystem MENP Ministry of Environmental and Nature … of a negative impact of this contamination on sensitive wetland and aquatic habitats, and on karst and subterranean … rivers sup- port a complex of different aquatic and wetland habitats hav- ing unique dynamics (from river flow …

… areas also provide a wide range of other essential ecosystem services (Figgis et al. 2015, MA 2005). For … 47 Tubbataha Reefs Natural Park 16 iSimangaliso Wetland Park 32 St Kilda 41 Table 5. Existing natural and … Finland, Sweden (viii) 2,560.4 3.5 0.1% iSimangaliso Wetland Park South Africa (vii)(ix)(x) 872.4 7.0 0.8% Islands …

… Stolton Latvia: Nigel Dudley 25 The CBD is promoting the ecosystem approach, which reflects many of these values. … to all those involved in MPA establishment and St Lucia Wetland Area has several zones including no- take and recreational zones Greater St Lucia Wetland Area, South Africa: Marc Hockings 116 management. …

… Initiative is an action programme to demonstrate that ecosystem-based management and stakeholder participation will … gather- ings beside an irrigation canal, next to a wetland, or on the banks of a river. There might also be … fisheries, livestock, and exploitation of forest and wetland products). As a result, the Water Charter includes …

… the long-term conservation of nature with associated ecosystem services and cultural values. The definition is … seeks to address all threats to biodiversity and ecosystem services through scientific assessments, the … such as plant growth (biomass production), decomposition, wetland filtration of nutrients and sediments, and nutrient …