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… sands of years and today their brush paintings of peaceful wetland scenes and wetland species are widely appreciated, as for example, the … and rituals. The early dependency of most people on wetland resources generated a rich oral tradition of songs, …

… The wise use of wetlands 4.2.1 Establishment of national wetland policies 4.2.2 Knowledge of wetlands and their values 4.2.3 Action at particular wetland sites 4.3 Listed Sites 4.3.1 Criteria for identifying … The Ramsar Sites Database 4.3.4 Classification System for Wetland Type 4.3.5 The Montreux Record 4.3.6 The Ramsar …

… legal and institutional measures 11 3.1.1 Identify wetland-related legal and institutional measures 13 3.1.2 … base 15 3.2.1 Assess the effectiveness of existing wetland-related legal and institutional measures in promoting wetland conservation and wise use 17 3.2.2 Analyse how …

… often- times leading to increased poverty for water- and wetland-dependent communities. Now, we are increasingly … in conservation measures, such as forest management or wetland protection, and realization of sustainability of new … TYPICALLY HAVE A HIGH ECONOMIC VALUE.“ For example, wetland resources support a large percentage of the human …

… use of wetlands, a reflection of the immense wealth of wetland natural resources that has sustained human … links, their daily activities formed by the rhythm of wetland cycles. Of course this relationship between wetlands … that is worthy of much greater atten- tion by the wider wetland community concerned with the conservation and wise …

… (abbreviated in the tables as Re/ afforestation), wetland conservation and construction, levee setbacks, flood … may impact the ecosystems themselves. For example, a wetland receiving pollution loads that exceed its … floodwaters. On a watershed level, better forest and wetland management uses the natural ability of ecosystems to …

… photo: Spirit house next to a sacred tree in Xe Champhone wetland Photo credits: All photos © IUCN/Raphaël Glémet … 2011, the government established a National Committee for Wetland Management of the Ramsar Convention in Lao PDR and … of these ethnic groups live in and near wetlands and use wetland resources according to their traditional rules and …

… 4.1 Policy context 21 4.2 Law requiring offsets 22 4.2.1 Wetland Banking in the US under the Clean Water Act 22 4.2.2 … compensatory conservation activities 22 Box 6: Growth of wetland mitigation banking in the USA 23 Box 7: The Inland Sea Shorebird Reserve: a wetland offset to mitigate on-site habitat losses associated …

… ecosystem. The Convention Manual states that five major wetland types are generally recognized: Marine: coastal … Ramsar List Each state party shall designate at least one wetland for inclusion in a List of Wetlands of International … of urgent national interests, a state may also delete a wetland from the list or restrict its boundaries. The state …

… of Colombia Chapter 3 - Climate Change in Dryland and Wetland Ecosystems in the Sahel Region 33 Chapter 4 - … we put more effort into recession agriculture near the wetland. We can also dig up lungfish and water lily tubers there.“ Dryland and wetland (agro-)ecosystems are closely intertwined. Trying to …