Overview of all sections and activities
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Assessments
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All Obligations
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Assessments
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- Activity 1: Identify and inventory inland waters
- Activity 2: Designate inland water sites
- Activity 3: Develop methods for assessments
- Activity 4: Develop targets for assessments
- Activity 5: Assess, monitor and research inland waters
- Activity 6: Develop and apply indicators
- Activity 7: Prepare national reports and provide information
- Activity 8: Implement impact assessment
- Activity 9: Collaborate with global assessments
- Activity 10: Carry out assessments of alien species
- Activity 11: Carry out assessments of traditional knowledge
- Activity 12: Carry out assessments of tourism
- Activity 13: Carry out assessments of technology
- Activity 14: Carry out taxonomic work
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- Activity 1: Develop, review and enforce legislation
- Activity 2: Develop and review policy measures
- Activity 3: Develop and implement National Wetland Policies
- Activity 4: Work with National Wetland Committees
- Activity 5: Institutional requirements as to conventions
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- Activity 1: Conserve and sustainably use inland waters (general obligations on management)
- Activity 2: Develop management planning
- Activity 3: Manage inland waters at the catchment or basin level
- Activity 4: Establish and manage inland water protected areas
- Activity 5: Restore inland water ecosystems
- Activity 6: Ensure appropriate water allocation for inland waters
- Activity 7: Manage inland water-dependent species
- Activity 8: Manage invasive species
- Activity 9: Work with indigenous and local communities and other stakeholders
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- Activity 1:Develop incentive measures
- Activity 2:Use economic valuation and other market-based mechanisms
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- Activity 1: Provide development assistance
- Activity 2: Provide technology
- Activity 3: Include inland waters in requests for assistance
- Activity 4: Build capacity
- Activity 5: Provide resources domestically
- Activity 6: Institutional requirements related to funding
- Activity 7: Ensure funding for assessments
- Activity 8: Support the Ramsar Convention and other institutions’ work
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- Activity 1: Communicate inland water issues to stakeholders
- Activity 2: Communicate inland water issues to the wider public
- Activity 3: Provide training for inland waters
- Activity 4: Participate in international education and training initiatives
- Activity 5: Provide information on education and training
- Activity 6: Institutional requirements regarding CEPA
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- Activity 1: Cooperate on transboundary inland waters
- Activity 2: Cooperate in the framework of the Ramsar Convention
- Activity 3: Cooperate in international initiatives other than Ramsar
- Activity 4: Cooperate nationally
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- Activity 1: Implement targets for inland waters
- Activity 2: Implement inland water-related activities on forests
- Activity 3: Implement inland water-related activities on mountain biodiversity
- Activity 4: Implement inland water-related activities on drylands
- Activity 5: Implement inland water-related activities on agriculture
- Activity 6: Implement inland water-related activities on sustainable use
- Activity 7: Implement inland water-related activities on protected areas
- Activity 8: Implement inland water-related activities on the ecosystem approach
- Activity 9: Implement inland water-related activities on invasive species
- Activity 10: Implement inland water-related activities on traditional knowledge
