Demarcation of wetland areas On Hithadhoo the northernmost, coastal Ensure that mapping and demarcation are fully and mapping of existing resource wetland complex was declared a protected co-ordinated with the EPA and the protected use in the wetland areas. area in 2004 and its boundaries were area enlargement process. demarcated at that time. It is understood Incorporate a review of the Land Use Plan in that the EPA is considering enlarging this the project design as an activity, to adjust it in protected area. line with new conservation priorities. Identification of the boundary of the Ensure that any future protected area zonation southern wetlands is required on a and management plan allows continued use of functional (hydraulic-ecological) basis for wetland edges for taro. geographical comparison with the Land Use Plan: the Plan allocates a large part of the wetlands to urban and institutional development and will require adjustment if the wetlands are to be conserved. Demarcation provides certainty to local residents and users, provided they have full information. Existing resource use is almost entirely (a) recreational, and (b) agricultural (taro): see Section .
Demarcation of wetland areas and mapping of existing resource use in the wetland areas. On Hithadhoo the northernmost, coastal wetland complex was declared a protected area in 2004 and its boundaries were demarcated at that time. It is understood that the EPA is considering enlarging this protected area. Identification of the boundary of the southern wetlands is required on a functional (hydraulic-ecological) basis for geographical comparison with the Land Use Plan: the Plan allocates a large part of the wetlands to urban and institutional development and will require adjustment if the wetlands are to be conserved. Demarcation provides certainty to local residents and users, provided they have full information. Existing resource use is almost entirely (a) recreational, and (b) agricultural (taro): see Section . Ensure that mapping and demarcation are fully co-ordinated with the EPA and the protected area enlargement process. Incorporate a review of the Land Use Plan in the project design as an activity, to adjust it in line with new conservation priorities. Ensure that any future protected area zonation and management plan allows continued use of wetland edges for taro.
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