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A Directory of Important Wetlands in Australia
A Directory of Important Wetlands in Australia (DIWA) is the Australian national inventory of nationally important wetlands, first published 1993 with editions in 1996 and 2001; inclusion requires meeting at least one of six ANZECC 1994 criteria, and the online Directory now holds over 900 sites.
Australian state and territory wetland policy
Australian state and territory wetland policy is the set of state and territory laws and strategies protecting Australia's wetlands, since land and water management rests with the jurisdictions.
Eastern Habitat Joint Venture
Eastern Habitat Joint Venture (EHJV), Plan conjoint des habitats de l'Est, is a Canadian waterfowl habitat partnership founded in 1989 under NAWMP, covering Ontario through Newfoundland and Labrador, 315 million hectares, 30% of Canada's wetlands.
Emergency Wetlands Resources Act
Emergency Wetlands Resources Act of 1986, Pub. L. 99-645 (16 U.S.C. ch. 59), a US wetland conservation law: defines wetlands by hydric soils, hydrophytic vegetation and hydrology, opens Land and Water Conservation Fund money for wetland acquisition, and creates the National Wetlands Priority Conservation Plan.
Mitigation banking
Mitigation banking, also called wetland mitigation banking, restores or creates wetlands in advance so credits can be sold to offset permitted impacts under the Clean Water Act.
National wetland policy in Africa, Latin America, the Pacific and the Middle East
National wetland policy in Africa, Latin America, the Pacific, and the Middle East covers the country-level laws, programs, and institutions governing wetlands outside regions with the most developed statutes.
National wetland policy in Asia
National wetland policy in Asia is the set of laws and rules by which Asian countries protect and manage their wetlands, with China's first comprehensive statute effective June 2022.
National wetland policy: comparative structures and inventory programs
A national wetland policy is the set of laws, permits, and inventory programs by which a country protects, regulates, and maps its wetlands, using models that differ widely.
National Wetlands Inventory
National Wetlands Inventory (NWI), a 1974 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service program, maps U.S. wetlands and deepwater habitats using the Cowardin classification, publishes the Wetlands Mapper and Status and Trends reports, and is not a jurisdictional wetland determination.
No net loss wetlands policy
No net loss of wetlands is a US policy goal requiring permitted wetland losses to be offset by restoration or creation, adopted by President George H. W. Bush in 1988.
North American Waterfowl Management Plan
The North American Waterfowl Management Plan (NAWMP) is a 1986 Canada–U.S. treaty-style agreement, joined by Mexico in 1994, restoring waterfowl to 1970s levels via wetland habitat conservation delivered through 22 habitat and 3 species joint ventures.
Site of Special Scientific Interest
Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI): UK designation for land of special flora, fauna, or geological interest, notified by Natural England under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981; 4,127 English sites covering 1,088,000 hectares, with condition targets to 2042.
State, tribal and local wetland regulation in the United States
State, tribal, and local wetland regulation in the United States is the state, tribal, and local laws protecting wetlands outside federal Clean Water Act jurisdiction.
Wetland conservation in the United States
Wetland conservation in the United States covers Clean Water Act Section 404 regulation, mitigation banking, no-net-loss policy, and restoration programs protecting about 110 million acres of wetlands, reshaped by the 2023 Sackett v. EPA decision.
Wetland Protection Law of China
The Wetland Protection Law of China (中华人民共和国湿地保护法) is China's first dedicated wetland protection statute, approved in December 2021 and effective 1 June 2022, with per-square-meter penalties for wetland destruction.
Wetlands (Conservation and Management) Rules (India)
The Wetlands (Conservation and Management) Rules are India's central wetland regulations under the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986, first issued in 2010 and replaced in 2017 by state-led, wise-use management.