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… NOTING the September 2015 recommendations of the China Coastal Wetland Conservation Blueprint project to strengthen wetland … and improve the protection, management and restoration of coastal wetlands in the spirit of ecological civilisation (a …

… for people and water services Forests, floodplains and coastal areas need water to provide goods and services for … often- times leading to increased poverty for water- and wetland-dependent communities. Now, we are increasingly … of Muthurajawela Marsh in Sri Lanka. Muthurajawela is a coastal peat bog which covers an area of some 3,100 hectares, …

… International Co-ordinating Council (MAB) ICOM Integrated Coastal and Ocean Management IDDRI Institut du dévelopment … rates. Important biodiversity sites in marine and coastal waters are even more threatened. In 2010, designated … these systems are defined on a small scale (such as a wetland, forest, or coral reef) or on a large scale (such as …

… of this BN To provide a preliminary as- sessment of coastal Ramsar Sites that are at risk to inunda- tion as a … provide a preliminary assessment of the risk to coastal wetlands designated as Wetlands of International … of this kind can alert decision makers to possible wetland losses and assist in priority setting for localized, …

… adapt to it. IUCN's work on the linkage between water and wetland resources and climate change stems from its … or measures to ensure safe sources of water supply. In coastal zone management the three-fold approach to adaptation … is widely used. Protection refers to the building of coastal defences such as sea-walls or dikes. Accommodation is …

… promotion and better management .........24 4.4 Coastal MPAs … efforts in establishing transboundary PAs and marine and coastal PAs (MPAs), capitalising on the importance of sacred … (e.g. Natural Parks Basic Plan, National Master Plan for Wetland Conservation, and Ecosystem/Landscape Conservation …

… first offshore MPA 214 Box III(2)-3: New Zealand’s MPAs—coastal versus deepwater zones 215 Box III(2)-4: Great … 217 Box III(2)-6: CBD Programme of Work on Marine and Coastal Biodiversity—MPAs and national legislation 231 Box … as birds ecologically dependent on wetlands). Listing a wetland under the Ramsar Convention gives it the status of a …

… that harnesses a variety of terrestrial, freshwater and coastal ecosystems and associated habitats. The West Asian … peninsula is characterized by oases, springs, swamps, coastal sabkhas (salty mudflats) and human-made water bodies … GEO 3. United Nations Environment Programme, Nairobi Azraq Wetland Reserve in Jordan • In 1978, the Royal Society for …

… ‘Robin’ Lewis III (Lewis Environmental Services, Inc. and Coastal Resources Group Inc. USA); Nik Lopoukhine (IUCN, … ‘Robin’ Lewis III (Lewis Environmental Services, Inc., and Coastal Resources Group Inc, USA); Samuel Levy-Tacher (El … Cape Parks & Tourism Agency, South Africa); Kevin Erwin (Wetland Restoration Specialist Group-Wetlands International, …

… destruction wrought by a disaster. And flooded coastal villages and washed away beaches whose natural … disasters. In South East Asia, wide-scale clearing of coastal mangrove forests for aquaculture production together … and Buyck, 2014; Renaud et al., 2013). If 80-90% of the wetland area is cleared in a landscape, there is an increase …