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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

… Lake Malawi National Park in Malawi (category II, mainly freshwater); Masinloc and Oyon Bay Marine Reserve in the … within what is otherwise a strictly protected marine or freshwater protected area – e.g., in Kosi Bay Nature Reserve … or where communities are interested in converting their fishery control zones into protected areas. Reporting Once a …
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Biodiversity for Business: A guide to using knowledge products delivered through IUCN

… by ƒ the AZE partnership (www.zeroextinction.org). Freshwater Key Biodiversity Areas identified by IUCN ƒ (www.iucn.org/species/freshwater). Key Biodiversity Areas (KBAs) KBA boundaries are … 2014 species and genes) and is applicable across biomes (freshwater, terrestrial and marine). Although mainly applied …
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Safe Havens: Protected Areas for Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation

… shores and habitats, increased salinity of estuaries and freshwater aquifers, altered tidal ranges in rivers and bays, … Phyllospora comosa in Tasmania, Australia. Marine and Freshwater Research, 55(3), 223-230. Walton, M.E.M., … local climate data; • Heavy reliance on small-scale fishery and traditional agriculture by local population, with …
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Document - The Ramsar Convention on Wetlands: its History and Development

… -marshes, swamps, peatlands, flood plains, mangroves, freshwater swamp forests, lakes, estuaries, lagoons, and … in 1984 (208 pp, with a separate 30-page summary). “Freshwater Marshes” by M.W. Weller (1981, 150 pp) provided a … because of conflicts with their commercial, particularly fishery, interests. Moreover, it was not until 1991 that the …
31 May 2026 Document in Biological Diversity

IUCN Knowledge Products. The basis for a partnership to support the functions and work programme of IBPES

… cycads); however, there is also complete coverage for all freshwater crabs and crayfish, lobsters, mangroves, … management units. The standard will span terrestrial, freshwater, and marine ecosystems (in the latter case, such … for Zero Extinction sites, Areas of Importance for Freshwater Biodi- versity, and Ecologically and Biologically …
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Adapting to Climate Change - Guidance for Protected Areas Managers and Planners

… to help identify adaption options for terrestrial, freshwater, coastal, and marine environments . 55 Table 5.3 … ocean water having a larger volume and the addition of freshwater from melting glaciers and polar ice caps. There is … animals, and dehydrate them by salt water intrusion into freshwater habitats” (GEDApix/GEDavis and Associates). VAs …
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Climate Change Vulnerability of Migratory Species

… in water  levels as they require  low‐lying  islands on freshwater  lakes for  … reptiles such as  the Kemp’s ridley  turtle utilise  freshwater beaches  for egg‐laying. Heavy  rainfall  … /American Bird Conservancy Workshop on Seabirds and Seabird‐Fishery Interactions in Peru. RSPB, Sandy,  UK.  CMS  …
31 May 2026 Document

Judges and Environmenal Law: a Handbook for the Sri Lankan Judiciary

… storms. Climate will influence the availability of safe freshwater, adequate food, stability of ecosystems, the … quantity and safety Desertification and land degradation Freshwater decline 17 WHO. 2008. 10 facts on preventing … while water resources also support the inland food fishery. From a business perspective water is essential in …
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Judicial handbook on environmental law

… LAW Chapter 7. Water 65 7.1 Introduction 65 7.2 Freshwater 65 7.2.1 National law 66 7.2.2 International law: … to ecologically important values, such as preserving freshwater, wetlands and riparian forests. Using this … down certain technical measures for the conservation of fishery resources, O.J. L 171 (6/17/98), 1- 4. Several cases …
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Wetland ecosystem services Factsheet 7 - Wetland products

… estuaries. These coastal ecosystems themselves depend on freshwater wetlands upstream to maintain water quality and … advantaged parts of the world; overall, 80% of global fishery production takes place in developing countries. 2006 … provided to local communities by mangroves, such as fishery support and shoreline stabilization. Wetland …
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