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Conventions and Declarations
As the mangrove forest is so important, it is dealt with in several international conventions and declarations. Below are a few examples.
UN RAMSAR convention
More information about the Ramsar-convention can be found at http://www.ramsar.org/
Declaration against certification
A Latin-American network of organisations, Red
Manglar, that work for local communities rights and the preservation
of mangroveforest has issued a statement against the “organic”
certification of shrimp farms. Click here
for the statement.
The issue is also mentioned in the STATEMENT
OF FORTALEZA:
RESOLUTION
ON MANGROVE FORESTS
Adopted at IPF Meeting of Indigenous and other Forest Dependent Peoples,
December 1996
