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    Urban Wetlands Law (Spanish: Ley de Humedales Urbanos) is a Chilean law regulating wetlands in urban areas. The law intends to provide a set of "minimal...
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    constructed wetland. Subsurface wetlands provide greater pathogen removal than surface wetlands. There are two main types of constructed wetlands: subsurface...
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    of Linares contains a large urban wetland known as Ayüwün, of which 1.1 hectares are protected under the Urban Wetlands Law. Linares has a mild mediterranean...
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  • Ayüwün (category Urban wetlands of Chile)
    urban wetland located in the city of Linares, Chile. Using the Urban Wetlands Law the Ministry of the Environment has declared 1.1 hectares of it a protected...
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  • Lahuen. Área Costera Protegida Punta Curiñanco Oncol Park Punucapa Urban Wetlands Law "¿Qué es el PUEB?". Parque Urbano El Bosque (in Spanish). Archived...
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    series of urban wetlands. Native reptiles, arthropods, birds like the Calidris and mammals like the culpeo fox, inhabit or visit the wetlands. Some of...
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    Corral and Mancera Island. The island contain wetlands that are protected by the Urban Wetlands Law. Bernales Lillo, Mario (1984). "Aspectos diacrónicos...
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    Wetlands exist on every continent, except Antarctica. The water in wetlands is either freshwater, brackish or saltwater. The main types of wetland are...
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    Canadian wetlands account for approximately one quarter of the world's total wetlands and is ranked with the highest surface area of wetlands on the Ramsar...
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  • Angachilla River (category Urban wetlands of Chile)
    Since December 2021 the wetlands of Angachilla River are recognised as urban wetlands and are thus protected by the Urban Wetlands Law. The invasive plant...
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    The Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust (WWT) is an international wildfowl and wetland conservation charity in the United Kingdom. The trust was founded in 1946...
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    highest tide. Fjords and channels of Chile List of lighthouses in Chile Urban Wetlands Law ...aquella franja del territorio que comprende los terrenos de playa...
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    East Kolkata Wetlands (officially known as East Calcutta Wetlands) (22 0 27’ N 88 0 27’ E), are a complex of natural and human-made wetlands lying east...
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  • Beijing and Chengdu is above 20 million. Shanghai is China's most populous urban area, while Chongqing is its largest city proper, the only city in China...
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    the country's territory. Wetlands (raised bogs, fens, transitional mires, etc.) cover 7.9% of the country, with 70% of wetlands having been lost due to...
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  • Carlos Anwandter Nature Sanctuary (category Urban wetlands of Chile)
    emergency." Área Costera Protegida Punta Curiñanco Oncol Park Punucapa Urban Wetlands Law UNEP-WCMC (2023). Protected Area Profile for Río Cruces y Chorocomayo...
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  • The Wetlands Loan Act of 1961 (16 USC 715k-3 – 715k-5) (75 Stat. 813) became Public Law (P.L.) 87-383 on October 4, 1961. The law allowed an advance against...
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    Environmental laws are laws that protect the environment. Environmental law is the collection of laws, regulations, agreements and common law that governs...
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    Urban Development (HUD) is one of the executive departments of the U.S. federal government. It administers federal housing and urban development laws...
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    Urban Planning in China is currently characterized by a top-down approach, high density urban development and extensive urbanization. China's urban planning...
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    beginning of the 21st century, the alteration of drainage channels and wetlands due to rapid urbanization has exacerbated the problem of flooding. Professor...
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    Ramsar sites worldwide, see the List of Ramsar wetlands of international importance. According to The Wetlands (Conservation and Management) Rules of 2017...
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    May 26, 2015. "Cambodian Lower Mekong Wetlands - Project overview". Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust (WWT) - Wetland Centre. Archived from the original on May...
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    Louisiana's coastal wetlands such as Grand Isle for migratory birds) to a wide array of wildlife. Human users also receive many benefits from wetlands, such as cleaner...
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    environmental significance of wetlands. The preserve, a remnant wetland of a once-great watershed, is now surrounded by urban development. Two major boulevards...
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    Greece (redirect from Law of Greece)
    highest in the country. Western Greece contains a number of lakes and wetlands and is dominated by the Pindus mountain range. The Pindus, a continuation...
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    Chicago (redirect from Urban Chicago)
    improve public health. City laws and later, state laws that upgraded standards for the medical profession and fought urban epidemics of cholera, smallpox...
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    side of the streets. Because of the plantings, the run off water from the urban area does not all directly go into the ground, but can also be absorbed...
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    This list of the twenty largest urban areas in China by population in 2010 uses data compiled by the OECD based on its methodology to determine economically...
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    Green infrastructure (category Hydrology and urban planning)
    environmental degradation. Constructed wetlands are manmade wetlands, which work as a bio-filtration system. They contain wetland vegetation and are mostly built...
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