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Contents
INTRODUCTION 4
KEY MESSAGES 6
A BRIEF HISTORY OF GIAHS 8
MAIN FEATURES OF GIAHS SITES 10
DYNAMIC CONSERVATION 13
GIAHS AROUND THE WORLD 15
LOCATION OF GIAHS SITES WORLDWIDE 16
ALGERIA: GHOUT SYSTEM 18
CHINA: HANI RICE TERRACES 21
CHINA: DONG'S RICE-FISH-DUCK SYSTEM 22
ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN: QANAT IRRIGATED AGRICULTURAL HERITAGE SYSTEMS 24
JAPAN: MINABE-TANABE UME SYSTEM 27
JAPAN: TRADITIONAL WASABI CULTIVATION IN SHIZUOKA 28
KENYA: OLDONYONOKIE/OLKERI AND ENGARESERO MAASAI PASTORALIST HERITAGE AREA 30
MEXICO: CHINAMPA AGRICULTURE 33
PERU: ANDEAN AGRICULTURE 34
REPUBLIC OF KOREA: TRADITIONAL GUDEULJANG IRRIGATED RICE TERRACES 36
SPAIN: THE AGRICULTURAL SYSTEM OF VALLE SALADO DE ANANA 39
SRI LANKA: THE CASCADED TANK-VILLAGE SYSTEM IN THE DRY ZONE OF SRI LANKA 41
UNITED REPUBLIC OF TANZANIA: SHIMBWE JUU KIHAMBA AGROFORESTRY HERITAGE SITE 43
GIAHS AND GLOBAL ISSUES 44