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Wetlands, water and the law. Using law to advance wetland conservation and wise use

… Jurisdictional and Institutional Barriers to Integrated Ecosystem Management.... 67 5.2.4.1 Jurisdictional Barriers … Some of the world's most spectacular wetlands are found in arid zones fed by major rivers, such as the Colorado, … runoff. The Desertification Convention applies to arid, semi-arid and dry sub-humid countries of the world and …
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The Sacred Dimension of Protected Areas: Proceedings of the Second Workshop of the Delos Initiative - Ouranoupolis 2007

… celestial of- fering. While Mount Mani-san has a unique ecosystem –it is the home of many migratory birds, well … dry region and, in some cases, the world. Rising from the semi- arid Colorado High Plateau in Northern Arizona (US), the San …
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Judicial handbook on environmental law

… order environmental harm to be cleaned up or the damaged ecosystem returned to a healthy state. Such orders, which are … issue of water-rights mobility is particularly relevant in arid countries. d) Water resource management The management … on the Mediterranean coast, while the environment of this semi-enclosed sea is particularly fragile. Most basic …
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Compendiums on Human Rights and the Environment - Selected International legal materials and cases (Advanced Version)

… and impacts of environmental hazards, like loss of ecosystem services, climate change and environmental … the effects of drought.” it goes on to acknowledge that arid, semi-arid, and dry sub-human areas “are the habitat and …
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Explaining Ocean Warming: Causes, scale, effects and consequences

… to coral reefs, but stories to changes across species and ecosystem scales, and across geographies and the world. It is … with a southern hemisphere polar and northern hemisphere semi-polar view, centred respectively on Malaysia and … extent, and lower diversity, height and biomass on more arid coastlines (Duke et al., 1998). On drier coasts, …
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Publication - An Explanatory Guide to the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit-sharing

… to be a concrete example for valuing biodiversity and its ecosystem services, and for taking proper account of this … are most environmentally vulnerable, such as those with arid and semi- arid zones, coastal and mountainous areas. Article 21. …
17 Jun 2026 Document in Biological Diversity

An Explanatory Guide to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety

… for conversion to agriculture of forests and other ecosystem types important for bio- logical diversity; � use … are most environmentally vulnerable, such as those with arid and semi- arid zones, coastal and mountainous areas. Article 21. …
17 Jun 2026 Document in Biological Diversity

An explanatory guide to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety

… for conversion to agriculture of forests and other ecosystem types important for bio- logical diversity; � use … are most environmentally vulnerable, such as those with arid and semi- arid zones, coastal and mountainous areas. Article 21. …
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An Explanatory Guide to the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit-sharing

… to be a concrete example for valuing biodiversity and its ecosystem services, and for taking proper account of this … are most environmentally vulnerable, such as those with arid and semi- arid zones, coastal and mountainous areas. Article 21. …
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