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Contents<br />

Foreword 5<br />

Executive Summary 6<br />

1. Introduction 7<br />

2. Ecological <strong>Inter</strong>-<strong>linkages</strong> and Threats to the Pantanal 8<br />

2.1 Ecological Characteristics of the Pantanal 8<br />

2.2 Ecological <strong>Inter</strong>-<strong>linkages</strong> in the Pantanal 9<br />

2.3 Threats to the Pantanal 9<br />

3. <strong>Inter</strong>-<strong>linkages</strong> <strong>Approach</strong> <strong>for</strong> <strong>Wetland</strong> <strong>Management</strong> 12<br />

3.1 Evolution of the <strong>Inter</strong>-<strong>linkages</strong> <strong>Approach</strong> 12<br />

3.2 Understanding the <strong>Inter</strong>-<strong>linkages</strong> <strong>Approach</strong> 13<br />

4. <strong>Inter</strong>-<strong>linkages</strong> between the Ramsar Convention on <strong>Wetland</strong>s and<br />

other MEAs in the Pantanal 15<br />

4.1 <strong>Inter</strong>-<strong>linkages</strong> with the Convention on Biological Diversity 15<br />

4.2 <strong>Inter</strong>-<strong>linkages</strong> with the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change 16<br />

4.3 <strong>Inter</strong>-<strong>linkages</strong> with the Convention on Migratory Species 17<br />

4.4 <strong>Inter</strong>-<strong>linkages</strong> with the World Heritage Convention 17<br />

4.5 Moving <strong>for</strong>ward 18<br />

5. Conclusion and Way Forward 20<br />

Endnotes 22<br />

Abbreviations<br />

CBD<br />

CDM<br />

CMS<br />

COP<br />

GEF<br />

JI<br />

JPOI<br />

LULUCF<br />

MEA<br />

MOU<br />

Ramsar Convention<br />

UNEP<br />

UNESCO<br />

UNFCCC<br />

<strong>UNU</strong><br />

<strong>UNU</strong>-<strong>IAS</strong><br />

PREP<br />

WHC<br />

Convention on Biological Diversity<br />

Clean Development Mechanism<br />

Convention on Migratory Species<br />

Conference of the Parties<br />

Global Environment Facility<br />

Joint Implementation<br />

Johannesburg Plan of Implementation<br />

Land use, land use change and <strong>for</strong>estry<br />

Multilateral Environmental Agreement<br />

Memorandum of Understanding<br />

Convention on <strong>Wetland</strong>s of <strong>Inter</strong>national Importance especially as Waterfowl Habitat<br />

United Nations Environment Programme<br />

United Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organization<br />

United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change<br />

United Nations University<br />

United Nations University Institute of Advanced Studies<br />

Joint <strong>UNU</strong> and Federal University of Mato Grosso Pantanal Regional Environmental<br />

Programme<br />

World Heritage Convention<br />

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