Conserving the world's wetlands which also provide valuable services, including protection of coastal areas and river valleys from flooding is also sensible, providing a tenfold return on each dollar spent.

This travel project, entitled Wet bike , comes within the framework of an environmental battle for the conservation of wetlands and their resources.

RAMSAR is an international convention which identifies wetlands that needed to be conserved to sustain global biodiversity.

Ben Marzou's West Asia bike tour from one Ramsar site to another aims at raising awareness about the human and environmental value of wetlands and the dangers that threaten such areas.

The most recent was in 2010.

It is the only one of its kind in the country.

Coastal regions generally have milder climates.

It's fitted with solid electrodes and an electrolyte that's a solution of salt and water.

Ramsar sites are wetlands of international importance under the Ramsar Convention.

Sweden joined the U.N. soon after.

There are several video walkthroughs of different towns along the coast.

destroying the ancient civilization of the Marsh Arabs in southeastern Iraq, followed by the forced resettlement and murder of the region's former residents

An adult of either sex will sometimes share its kill with others, even those who may not be related to them.

As costs rise in China s coastal provinces, several types of adjustment are taking place.

Reaffirming the importance of the work of the Commission for coastal States and the international community as a whole,

Venezuela s African origins can be strongly felt in the music and culture of the country s coastal regions.

Offshore, piracy seriously disrupts aid being brought in by ships.

Heavily armed bands of modern day pirates in speedboats are terrorizing ships in Somalia s coastal waters.

Kenaikan permukaan air laut menyebabkan tingginya salinitas di daerah pesisir pantai, kerusakan pada bakau, dan mengancam tempat pembiakan ikan.

(a) The rights and obligations and the exercise of jurisdiction of coastal States in accordance with the international law of the sea or

Doubling the area of protected coastal land and bringing substantial areas of open ocean into reserves is a particularly formidable task.

Pada akhirnya, kenaikan permukaan laut akan membanjiri kota kota pesisir besar dan memusnahkan seluruh negara negara kepulauan.

In coastal communities such as Oi and Takahama in Fukui Prefecture, there is no other industry.

The coastal settlements are few and small, with the typical population of a few hundred or less.

Even if real wages increase in some coastal cities, surplus labor could keep the national average flat.

Reaffirming the importance of the work of the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf ( the Commission ) for coastal States and the international community as a whole,

A massive 8.8 magnitude earthquake shook Japan in the early afternoon today, unleashing a powerful tsunami that wrecked havoc along the streets of coastal towns.

60 to 80 percent of the workforce in China is women in the coastal part of the country, whereas in India, it's all men.

According to the ministry, this would certainly support the creation of favourable conditions for the development of yachting in the coastal regions of the country, Lashkina noted.

Its ancient biblical past can now coexist seamlessly with its ultra modern present. Israel s new millionaires can easily live in far flung settlements in Judea and Samaria and commute daily to their coastal startups.

No one should realistically expect the renminbi s exchange rate to be determined solely by the income level of the relatively prosperous eastern coastal regions.

During the first Taiwan Straits crisis in 1954, China began shelling the offshore islands Quemoy and Matsu, threatening to liberate Taiwan.

Israel s new millionaires can easily live in far flung settlements in Judea and Samaria and commute daily to their coastal startups.

We know that they gave money for the Ferris wheel in Vardar and the tower on Vodno, but when I read the bill, I did not think it is part of their job.

This has led to a related problem in countries bordering the Indian Ocean disunity between coastal, more Arabized Muslims and the non Arabized Muslims of the interior.

And at night, I will meet with friends where we will have political discussions about the Turkish currency, the buffer zone and the protests in the coastal areas.

Kamchatka, especially coastal areas, characterized by tall species such as shelamaynik Kamchatka, angelica bearish, sweet parsnip reach a height of 3 4 meters.

We will also face riverbank erosion, sea water level rise and lack of fresh water in the coastal zones.

Many states in both camps were won by narrow margins, and if one colors the map at the level of counties rather than states, much of the country looks quite purple. Cities versus suburbs and rural areas is a better description than coasts versus heartland.

Cities versus suburbs and rural areas is a better description than coasts versus heartland.

63. Invites the Secretary General to establish an effective, transparent and regular inter agency coordination mechanism on oceans and coastal issues within the United Nations system

Although the Peruvian valse, derived from the European waltz, was a form primarily cultivated in Lima and the coastal cities in the late 19th century, it later made its way into the country s interior.

Starting modestly in coastal areas and special economic zones, the world factory supply chain has spread throughout China, producing everything from stuffed animals to iPads.

One shudders to think what lessons the US financial sector will draw if, after the multi trillion dollar bailout, there are only superficial, toothless reforms. And will China s coastal export interests again prevail in exchange rate policy decisions, at the expense of poor inland consumers?

And will China s coastal export interests again prevail in exchange rate policy decisions, at the expense of poor inland consumers?