Ramsar

Implementing the Ramsar Convention in Developing Countries: The Role of Local Community Support and Involvement Over the last two decades, “a consensus has gradually emerged that long-term conservation depends on understanding and support from those closely connected to the environment and its resources” (Shine, Klemm, 1999.) Several international environmental conventions have reflected this consensus by establishing a legal basis to involve local communities, especially those in developing

University of Portsmouth Applied Physics BSc (Hons) U20283 Applied Physics Project OPTIMIZATION OF RADIATION SPECTROSCOPY EQUIPMENT FOR AIRBORNE RADIONUCLIDES 645137 Supervisor(s) DSTL - Laurence Jones University of Portsmouth - Dr. Chris Dewdney PROPOSAL & INITIAL LITERATURE REVIEW Introduction, Aims and Objectives Defence Science Technology Laboratory (DSTL) is investigating the potential for aerial monitoring of gamma rays (ɣ-rays) from airborne particulate contamination

development. Concern of the public resulted in the creation of Boondall Wetlands in 1990 and the Environment Centre was then opened in 1996. Moreton Bay is one of the largest Ramsar sites in Australia, covering more than 110,000 hectares. A Ramsar site is a wetland designated of international importance under the Ramsar Convention. The Ramsar Convention is an intergovernmental environmental treaty which came into force in 1975. Wetlands are highly

Traditionally, human activities used to be taken into account as an external factor in environmental issues. However there has been a growing recognition among environmental scientists that new and integrative approaches of understanding beliefs and behaviours should be introduced to address the current environmental problems. From the ancient period humans demanded water and they chose to settle near streams for efficient water supply. Through the industrial era, water was still very important

Name: Su Zhelong UtasNum: 144362 SOUNum: 0991340 Word Count: 1846 KGA 378 Long Essay: Pressures, Problems and Prospects of the Chongming Dontan Ramsar Site I. Introduction From the pre-industrial period to post-industrial period, the problems caused by environment deterioration always come with the great economic growth and significant technical promotion. To equilibrate social development and environmental health puzzles people all over the world at present while poverty still affect

The average American receives 200 mrem per year though natural background radiation. People that live in Ramsar, Iran receive 26,000 mrem per year due to the natural radium where they live. Researchers know that it takes 75,000-100,000 mrem to induce radiation sickness, but those in Ramsar do not exhibit symptoms of radiation sickness although they live in such a radioactive location. Murray then discusses nuclear waste, which is more of a problem

[beach] would result in a 50 square kilometre area behind the defences flooding at high tide. Over 10,000 properties, several caravan parks, important road and rail links would be affected, as would Pevensey Levels, an important ecological site that has Ramsar Convention status as a Wetland of International Importance.“(“PCDL - Pevensey Coastal Defence Ltd,” n.d.). This shows that this is indeed a high value site, one that requires an advanced and effective defence system.

Canada has started banning the use of motorized vehicles in the Swamp to prevent the disturbance and harm that the vehicles could cause to the plants. The diversification along with the size attributes to the reason why this wetland was chosen for the Ramsar site. Many of the plant species is provincially rare such as water leaf, love grass, valerian, Oswego tea, three sedges, spike rush, and ram’s head lady slipper. In the Minesing Swamp there are major vegetation complexes. These include The Boreal

the ancestral coexistence between Amazonian indigenous communities and populations of giant otter. In May this year a field trip to the Fluvial Star Inírida, transition zone between Orinoco and Colombian Amazon was conducted and recently declared a Ramsar site and biodiversity hotspot, with the aim of starting work study trophic interactions ( direct and indirect) embedded in the fishery dynamics and giant

commonly referred to as backwaters. The so-called backwaters in Kerala cover a total area of 46128.94 ha (Nandan, 2007). The more significant wetlands out of that are Vembanad, Sasthamcotta, and Ashtamudi which are listed as Ramsar sites and have significant international priority (Ramsar sites information service). The desire to travel to different destinations throughout the world to have new experiences, sights and to learn about various cultures will be always on demand. This implies the very true