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17/12/2009

Law and legislation, international and national

The Ramsar Convention on Wetlands: has it made a difference? (2002), Michael Bowman
Rehabilitating nature: a comparative review of legal mechanisms that encourage wetland restoration efforts (2003), Royal C. Gardner
The Ramsar Convention comes of age (1995), M. J. Bowman
Rebuttal to "Wise use of wetlands under the Ramsar Convention: A challenge for meaningful implementation of international law" (2001), Bill Phillips
The United States Clean Water Act
Review of Policy and Legislative Support to the Sustainable use of Wetlands in Namibia with specific Reference to the Zambezi River Basin, by Shirley Bethune and Oliver C Ruppel (2007)
Ramsar soft law is not soft at all: discussion of the 2007 decision by the Netherlands Crown on the Lac Ramsar site on the island of Bonaire, by Jonathan Verschuuren (2008)

The Convention today

Number of » Contracting Parties: 160 Sites designated for the
» List of Wetlands of
International Importance: 2,006 Total surface area of designated sites (hectares): 192,822,023

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