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A Review of Migratory Bird Flyways and Priorities for Management - TS No. 27

… Co-operative Environment Programme SCWP Siberian Crane Wetland Project TRAFFIC The Wildlife Trade Monitoring Network … waterbirds require access to coastal and/or inland wetland habitats, while migrant soaring birds such as large … Ramsar sites, many of which provide critical habitat for wetland- dependent migratory birds. The development of the …
17 Jun 2026 Document

Conservation and sustainable development in mountain areas

… from water from the high Andes. Their river basins include wetland systems with high biodiversity, that deliver water to … from water from the high Andes. Their river basins include wetland systems with high biodiversity, that deliver water to …
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State of Biodiversity in West Asia

… GEO 3. United Nations Environment Programme, Nairobi Azraq Wetland Reserve in Jordan • In 1978, the Royal Society for the Conservation of Nature established the Azraq Wetland Reserve to conserve the invaluable oasis located in … • In 1977, the Ramsar Convention identified the Azraq wetland and the adjacent Qa mudflat as a major station for …
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Guidelines for applying protected area management categories

… protected area categories for different types of inland wetland ecosystems … ● tropical forests, deserts and other arid lands, complex wetland systems, coastal and high seas, boreal forests etc. – … hydrological proc- esses. The prospect of “fencing off ” wetland systems is in most cases technically infeasible, for …
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Change : Adaptation of water resources management to climate change

… adapt to it. IUCN's work on the linkage between water and wetland resources and climate change stems from its … is expected to exacerbate water scarcity, soil erosion and wetland degradation. In Cyprus, where rainfall has decreased … sources of water; and • maintaining and restoring key wetland functions, introducing environmental flow policies …
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Ecological Restoration for Protected Areas - Principles, Guidelines and Best Practices

… Cape Parks & Tourism Agency, South Africa); Kevin Erwin (Wetland Restoration Specialist Group-Wetlands International, … important nature The Tsurui village in Japan has restored wetland wintering grounds of red-crowned cranes (Grus … Actions might include restoration (or creation) of wetland or reed habitat for migrating water birds or …
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Conservation of intertidal habitats and migratory waterbirds of the East Asian-Australasian Flyway, especially the Yellow Sea, in a global context

… the September 2015 recommendations of the China Coastal Wetland Conservation Blueprint project to strengthen wetland legislation and improve the protection, management … RECOGNISING the creation of the China Coastal Wetland Conservation Network in June 2015 to increase …
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Freshwater Law and Governance: Global and Regional Perspectives for Sustainability

… birds depend may affect the health and productivity of a wetland located on the same flyway in another State in a … States are Parties to the Ramsar Convention and if the wetland in the second State is a listed wetland under the convention, the first State’s actions raise …
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State of Biodiversity in Africa

… have dwindled because large tracts of terrestrial and wetland ecosystems have been converted to farmland. The once …
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Urban Protected Areas: Profiles and best practice guidelines

… arrived early for a press conference at the London Wetland Centre along the River Thames. He took a few minutes … nature Reserve, Cape Town 36 13. United Kingdom: London Wetland Centre, London 40 14. USA: Santa Monica Mountains … Kingdom: London: Near the heart of the city, the London Wetland Centre is a ‘re-creation’ of wetlands, created and …
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