Universidad de Guanajuato

Propuesta de un marco de indicadores sobre servicios ecosistémicos hidrológicos para la conservación y monitoreo de ecosistemas costeros

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Author(s): Melanie Kolb Email (s): melanesien@gmail.com Institution or organization of origin: Institute of Geography, UNAM Country: Mexico Abstract Conocer la condición de aguas epicontinentales es fundamental para cumplir con el marco regulatorio en México. Establecer un marco de indicadores que permita evaluar los servicios ecosistémicos hídricos (SEH) es obligatorio para su manejo y conservación. Se propone el concepto de … Read more

Inserción institucional del monitoreo participativo del agua y la biodiversidad acuática en CONAGUA para mejorar la gestión del agua y los ecosistemas acuáticos en México

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Author(s): Melanie Kolb Email (s): melanesien@gmail.com Institution or organization of origin: Institute of Geography, UNAM Country: Mexico Abstract La crisis del agua demanda una mejora en la gestión del agua, en la cual la participación ciudadana es un componente clave para fortalecer la gobernanza, ya que el monitoreo comunitario es una herramienta que permite vincular actores, datos y contextos. … Read more

Lago de Amatitlán, Guatemala Experiencias de gestión y lecciones aprendidas

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Author(s): Sharon Van Tuylen Email (s): svantuylen@yahoo.com Institution or organization of origin: AGUALIMNO Country: Guatemala Abstract El Lago de Amatitlán es el cuarto lago más grande de Guatemala. Se sitúa en la vertiente del Pacífico a 25 km al suroeste de Ciudad Guatemala, por lo que se considera el principal reservorio de agua cercano a la ciudad capital. Su … Read more

Delineation of water level regime for major vegetation types in a large tropical floodplain of Tonle Sap Lake, Cambodia

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Author(s): Sophanna Ly Email (s): lsophanna@gmail.com Institution or organization of origin: Tokyo Institute of Technology Country: Japan Abstract In the floodplain, water level regime affects vegetation (i.e., the distribution and structure). However, there is still a lack of understanding of the relation between the dynamic water level fluctuations and the vegetation. Therefore, we scrutinized the relation between the water … Read more

Talayuelas lagoon. An example of hidden Groundwater-Surface water interaction

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Author(s): Juan Grima Olmedo Email (s): j.grima@igme.es Institution or organization of origin: IGME-CSIC Country: Spain Abstract Talayuelas Lagoon is a Protected Natural Area of 29.66 hectares located within a Site of Community Interest (SCI) in the province of Cuenca (Spain). It is a Micro-Reserve since 2003, in order to protect species and their habitats, within the framework of strategies … Read more

Qualifiers applicable to qualitative water and sediment monitoring

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Author(s): Ana Paula Montenegro Generino Email (s): ana.generino@ana.gov.br Institution or organization of origin: National Water and Sanitation Agency – ANA Country: Brazil Abstract To monitor the recovery of the Doce river basin after the collapse of the tailings dam from Fundão mining, located in Mariana, Minas Gerais/Brazil, the Program for Quali-Quantitative Monitoring of Water and Sediments of the Doce … Read more

Assessing endorheic lake water quality with emphasizing on physico-chemical parameters in the Subang Lake, Selangor, Malaysia

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Author(s): Xeai Li Chai Email (s): shailychai94@gmail.com Institution or organization of origin: Faculty of Forestry and Environment Country: Malaysia Abstract Inland water bodies such as lakes, reservoirs, and ponds are crucial natural resources in Malaysia. This study focuses on Subang Lake, an endorheic lake, and is considered sensitive to environmental changes. Urbanization was also observed sprawling around Subang … Read more

Learning about the lake environment in compulsory education in Japan and efforts in the teacher training program at the Faculty of Education, Shiga University

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Author(s): Toshiyuki Ishikawa Email (s): ishikawa@edu.shiga-u.ac.jp Institution or organization of origin: Faculty of Education, Shiga University Country: Japan Abstract: To conserve freshwater environments, it is essential for as many citizens as possible to have both a scientific understanding of the environment and to develop a feeling of cooperation in conservation them. Because school education, especially compulsory education, is … Read more

El ‘Observatorio permanente del Lago Titicaca’ (OLT), Bolivia

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Author(s): Xavier Lazzaro Email (s): xavier.lazzaro@ird.fr Institution or organization of origin: Proyecto Piloto PNUD/GEF 05-B-05 ‘Observatorio Permanente Del Lago Titicaca’ IRD IE-IIGEO/UMSA Country: Bolivia Abstract El Lago Titicaca es el más grande lago de Sur América y el más alto de los Grandes Lagos. A más de tres décadas, el Lago Menor, su cuenca menos profunda, recibe aguas … Read more

Governance challenges and Government’s policy and action on sustainable lake management

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Author(s): Inge Retnowati Email (s): inge_retnowati@yahoo.com Institution or organization of origin: Ministry of Environment and Forestry of The Republic of Indonesia Country: Indonesia Abstract Estimated more than 840 (eight hundred and forty) major lakes and 735 (seven hundred and thirty five) small lakes spread inland Indonesia, accommodate 500 km3 (five hundred cubic kilometers) of water or 72% (seventy … Read more