3 — Habitat Conservation Overeenkomst inzake de bescherming van Afrikaans-Euraziatische trekkende watervogels
Habitat Conservation
3.1. Habitat Inventories
3.1.1. Parties, in liaison where appropriate with competent international organizations, shall undertake and publish national inventories of the habitats within their territory which are important to the populations listed in Table 1.
3.1.2. Parties shall endeavour, as a matter of priority, to identify all sites of international or national importance for populations listed in Table 1.
3.2. Conservation of Areas
3.2.1. Parties shall endeavour to continue establishing protected areas to conserve habitats important for the populations listed in Table 1, and to develop and implement management plans for these areas.
3.2.2. Parties shall endeavour to give special protection to those wetlands
3) For the purposes of the implementation of AEWA, the definition of “wetlands” as provided by Article 1.1 of the Convention on Wetlands of International Importance Especially as Waterfowl Habitat shall apply.
which meet internationally accepted criteria of international importance.
3.2.3. Parties shall endeavour to make wise and sustainable use of all of the wetlands in their territory. In particular they shall endeavour to avoid degradation and loss of habitats that support populations listed in Table 1 through the introduction of appropriate regulations or standards and control measures. In particular, they shall endeavour to:
a) ensure, where practicable, that adequate statutory controls are in place, relating to the use of agricultural chemicals, pest control procedures and the disposal of waste water, which are in accordance with international norms, for the purpose of minimizing their adverse impacts on the populations listed in Table 1; and
b) prepare and distribute information materials, in the appropriate languages, describing such regulations, standards and control measures in force and their benefits to people and wildlife.
3.2.4. Parties shall endeavour to develop strategies, according to an ecosystem approach, for the conservation of the habitats of all populations listed in Table 1, including the habitats of those populations that are dispersed.
3.3. Rehabilitation and Restoration
Parties shall endeavour to rehabilitate or restore, where feasible and appropriate, areas which were previously important for the populations listed in Table 1, including areas that suffer degradation as a result of the impacts of factors such as climate change, hydrological change, agriculture, spread of aquatic invasive non-native species, natural succession, uncontrolled fires, unsustainable use, eutrophication and pollution.
- Regeling
- Overeenkomst inzake de bescherming van Afrikaans-Euraziatische trekkende watervogels
- Afkortingen
- AEWA
- Soort
- Verdrag
- Geldend vanaf
- 29-12-2022
- BWB-id
- BWBV0001249
- Versie
- 2022-12-29_0