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World Wetlands Day 2017 Factsheet 3: Wetlands sustain lives. How can we take care of them?

… reduce the risk associated with disasters can be found in Ramsar Handbooks 1,2,8,9,10,12,16 and 19. …
17 Jun 2026 Document

Biodiversity, the next challenge for financial institutions ? A scoping study to assess exposure of financial institutions to biodiversity business risks and identifying options for business opportunities

… the company’s plans for a new container terminal at a site in the south of England in April 2004. The government … Register of Wetlands of International Importance of the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands (‘Ramsar List’); and •• UNESCO World Heritage Sites. energy: …
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Compliance under biodiversity - related conventions

… Biodiversity-related Conventions https://www.cbd.int/brc/ Site-specific • 1971 Ramsar •1972 WHC Species-specific •1973 CITES •1979 CMS …
17 Jun 2026 Document in Environmental Governance

IUCN Policy on Biodiversity Offsets

… with mitigation actions designed and implemented at a site or project level. Governments should ensure the … Clearly distinguish impact avoidance, minimisation and on-site restoration measures from offsets. 8. Design offsets to … CBD, identified in CBD Decision IX/11; ALSO NOTING that Ramsar Resolution X.12 “encourages decision makers, …
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Draft International Covenant on Environment and Development - Implementing Sustainable Development - Fifth Edition: Updated text (4th Revision)

… see the Convention on Biological Diversity and the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands of International Importance. … in the both the content and the wide subscription to the Ramsar Convention (1971) (see especially the Preamble: … is through in situ conservation .258 Ex situ (off site) conservation, such as botanic gardens or zoos, should …
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Evaluating effectiveness : A framework for assessing management effectiveness of protected areas

… Further details can be found on the University web site (www.jcu.edu.au) or by contacting Associate Professor … specific sites already exist under the World Heritage and RAMSAR Conventions as well as an obligation to report more … under the UNESCO Man and the Biosphere Programme and Ramsar wetlands, but there are other international …
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The greening of water law: Managing freshwater resources for people and the environment

… the use of freshwater resources.67 For example, the 1971 Ramsar Convention on Wetlands places an obligation on its 160 … 1982 Paris Protocol and 1987 Regina Amendments, done at Ramsar, on 2 February 1971, Art. 3. 69 Ramsar Resolution IX.1 of the 9th Meeting of the Conference …
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El Principio de No Regresión Ambiental en Iberoamérica

… 164 4 ¿Qué es la Convención RAMSAR? … Convenção da Diversidade Biológica e pela Convenção de Ramsar. Ambas ostentam a condição de normas imperativas de … primer lugar Convención relativa a humedales, firmada en Ramsar en 1971 17 , y se observa que sí permite la regresión …
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Landscape conservation law. Present trends and perspectives in international and comparative law.

… from my country. We have a very valuable World Heritage Site, the Kakadu National Park, with one uranium mine … City, it satisfies all the criteria to be designated as a Ramsar site. However, Singapore has not yet ratified the 1971 Ramsar Convention on Wetlands of International Importance.20 …
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Compilation of Internationally agreed environmental Goals and Objectives

… fields of wetland research, management and wardening. “ Ramsar Convention on Wetlands, art 2 Ramsar Convention on Wetlands, art. 3 Ramsar Convention on … 75 per cent of the urban population are provided with on-site or community facilities for sanitation; Agenda 21, para. …
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