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The development of international environmental law at the Multilateral Environmental Agreements’ Conference of the Parties and its validity

… Importance, Especially as Waterfront Habitat (Ramsar Convention) in 1971.19 However, that CoP, as … the equivalent of the CoP was much more developed than the Ramsar Convention,23 although it was not given any express … United National Environmental Programme (UNEP), unlike the Ramsar and London Conventions.26 The subsequent Conventions, …
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A guide to designing legal and institutional frameworks on alien invasive species

… in the form of damage inflicted on the receiving species, site or ecosystem. The CBD adopts the following definition: … the Interna- tional Maritime Organization, CITES, Ramsar, Bonn Convention, Codex Alimentarius, Office Interna- … Impor- tance especially as Waterfowl Habitat (Ramsar, 1971) contains no explicit provision on alien …
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Identification and gap analysis of key biodiversity areas : Targets for comprehensive protected area systems

… Cover photos: Front: Massif de la Hotte, Haiti. This AZE site holds 13 Critically Endangered and Endangered species … . . . . . 23 7. The origins in the Convention on Wetlands (Ramsar, 1971) of the proposed KBA 1% threshold for globally … be safeguarded by 2010. In addition, 145 Parties to the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands have designated 1,429 Wetlands …
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State of Biodiversity in West Asia

… 2007).2 The last mentioned is a World Heritage Site known for its rich biodiversity with 850 plant species, … significance, a number of which are listed under the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands of International Importance, … name, which is the Arabic word for “blue”. • In 1977, the Ramsar Convention identified the Azraq wetland and the …
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Legal aspects of Connectivity Conservation Volume 1 - A Concept Paper

… Convention 60 1.3 Convention on Migratory Species 61 1.4 Ramsar Convention 63 1.5 World Heritage Convention 63 1.6 … coverage in the 1960s (UN Millennium Development Goals web site, Report 2011). Despite this progress, however, … International Importance especially as Waterfowl Habitat (Ramsar), and Convention Concerning the Protection of the …
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MEA Negotiator’s Handbook

… 33; exceptionally, some conventions, such as the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands of International Importance, especially as Waterfowl Habitat (known as the Ramsar Convention – adopted in 1971), are open for signature … Use Restriction Technologies H Habitat 1) Place or type of site where an organism or population naturally occurs (CBD). …
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Multilateral Environmental Agreements - extract from InforMEA e-learning course

… Agreements Book – Multilateral Environmental Agreements Site: UNITED NATIONS INFORMATION PORTAL ON MULTILATERAL … in the conclusion and on the implementation of the 1971 Ramsar Convention on Wetlands. NGO influence is achieved in … http://www.informea.org/treaties/ramsar http://leo.informea.org/terms/public-participation …
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Governance of Protected Areas: From understanding to action

… putting in place assessments of governance at national and site levels and on the development of individual and … Heritage Sites, Wetlands of International Importance (Ramsar sites) or Key Biodiversity Areas.29 The set of … biodiversity, natural resources and climate (e.g., Ramsar obligations for wetlands, requirements for managing …
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Flow : The essentials of environmental flows

… for a new region. Even then they do not take account of site-specific conditions. The indices based only on … Importance, especially for Waterfowl Habitats (Ramsar Convention)95 is the first of these treaties. This … aquifers. During the Eighth Conference of Parties to the Ramsar Convention, (Valencia, Spain, 2002) Parties adopted …
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A2 - Integrating Environmental Concerns in National Water Law

… the desirable “greening” reform of a fictitious Water Act. Site: UNITED NATIONS INFORMATION PORTAL ON MULTILATERAL … of wetlands of international significance, under the Ramsar Convention, 1971, Art.3(1) to prevent, reduce and … use of wetlands of international significance, under the Ramsar Convention, 1971, Art. 3.1 to promote the protection …
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