Implementing the Ramsar Convention in Tanzania: Salient Features of Legislation and Policies for the Management and Conservation of Wetlands
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2004
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Eastern African Law Journal
Abstract
Wetlands are basically units of landscapes that occur in different kinds of locations and may have a presence of static or flowing water. They are known by different names throughout the world. They are in essence water-based ecosystems at the interface between aquatic and terrestrial habitats and support a wide variety of plant and animal life. Wetlands, therefore, comprise of places where water, soil and air, among other things, interact to produce wetland vegetation at a depth that usually does not exceed six meters.
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They may comprise of areas of marsh, streams, lakes, rivers, swamps, flood plains, ponds, mangroves, deltas and estuaries and are important natural resources that support components of the hydrological cycle in breeding, rearing and feeding habitats for diverse species of fauna and flora
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Implementing, Ramsar Convention, Tanzania, Salient Features, Legislation, Policies, Management, Conservation, Wetlands
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Majamba, H.I., 2004. Implementing the Ramsar Convention in Tanzania: salient features of legislation and policies for the management and conservation of wetlands. East African Law Journal, 1, pp.95-118.