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Managing MIDAs - Harmonising the Management of Multi-Internationally Designated Areas: Ramsar Sites, World Heritage Sites, Biosphere Reserves and UNESCO Global Geoparks

… internationally on transboundary wetlands, shared wetland systems and shared species. www.ramsar.org World … The Ramsar Convention would like to see many more wetland sites receiving the protection that they need in … the long-term conservation of nature with associated ecosystem services and cultural values. UNESCO designated …
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Safe Havens: Protected Areas for Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation

… 1 The ecosystem service value of protected areas for cyclone … Parks on the northern Gulf of Mexico and post storm wetland restoration Chapter 17 – Viet … Spain, for seasonal flood mitigation of suburban dwellings Wetland Floods South Africa Fish River Nature Reserve, …
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Freshwater Law and Governance: Global and Regional Perspectives for Sustainability

… 5.7.2. Protecting the watercourse and ecosystem .........................................104 5.7.3. … 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 …
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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

… the long-term conservation of nature with associated ecosystem services and cultural values. The definition is … protected area categories for different types of inland wetland ecosystems … as tropical forests, deserts and other arid lands, complex wetland systems, coastal and high seas, boreal forests etc. – …
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Urban Protected Areas: Profiles and best practice guidelines

… the long-term conservation of nature with associated ecosystem services and cultural values. The definition is … 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 …
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Document - Freshwater Law and Governance: Global and Regional Perspectives for Sustainability

… 99 5.7.2. Protecting the watercourse and ecosystem … 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 …
17 Jun 2026 Document in Marine and Freshwater

International ocean governance: Using international law and organisations to manage marine resources sustainably (revised)

… the regional level based on the importance of maintaining ecosystem goods and services for the people who depend on … function. Further detailed guidance on integrating wetland and river basin management was adopted by COP7. (Res. … to partnership with the CMS. In rela- tion to trade in wetland-derived plant and animal products, in addition to …
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Global Land Outlook

… change, securing biodiversity and the delivery of critical ecosystem services is underappreciated. Land is of … events. Human-induced drivers such as deforestation, wetland drainage, overgrazing, unsustainable land use … local water availability and quality. The total value of wetland services is estimated at USD 70 billion per year for …
17 Jun 2026 Literature

Mapping Biodiversity Priorities - a practical, science-based approach to national biodiversity assessment and prioritisation to inform strategy and action planning

… accessible for wide use. Four key datasets A B C Map of ecosystem types Poor Good Fair Map of ecological condition … the ecological condition of the river is likely to be. ● Wetland condition can be assessed by using land cover data to … proportion of natural vegetation in, and surrounding, the wetland. ● Other proxies for pressures on inland water …
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Community - based incentives for nature conservation

… Type and distribution of natural resources: - What is the ecosystem? - What are the component species? - Where … and urban development poses a severe threat to Nakivubo wetland. • Destructive harvesting techniques and land use … cause of nature degradation in the future in Nakivubo wetland has been identified as the use of destructive …
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