Day 3

The power of lakes which connect people beyond national boundaries and different cultures and customs (case of sister states)

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Author(s): Shunsuke Nishimura Email (s): nishimura-shunsuke@pref.shiga.lg.jp Institution or organization of origin: Shiga Prefectural Government Country: Japan Abstract The State of Michigan, USA, and Shiga Prefecture, Japan became sister states in 1968 through the connection of their lakes, the Great Lakes and Lake Biwa. Since then, both states have had many exchanges in various fields such as culture, education … Read more

The UNESCO World Heritage Committee and Ohrid Region Destruction: a saga of deception

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Author(s): Nadezda Apostolova Email (s): nade77@yahoo.com Institution or organization of origin: OhridSOS citizen initiative Country: Japan Abstract Lake Ohrid, one of the oldest lakes in the world, shared between North Macedonia and Albania displays more biodiversity by surface area than any inland water body in the world . It has supported 7,000 years of continuous human settlements with … Read more

Citizen-Government Collaboration for Achieving SDGs at a Local Level with an Aim toward Sustainable Coexistence of People and Lake Biwa

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Author(s): Karen Sato Email (s): k811113@kansai-u.ac.jp Institution or organization of origin: International Volunteer Univercity Student Association Country: Japan Abstract The global warming and other global issues have become a serious problem across the world. To tackle such issues, the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) were adopted by the United Nations, which aim at ensuring that, by 2030, all people … Read more

Optimization of mixing ratios of binders and organic matter for charcoal briquette using biochars derived from water hyacinth

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Author(s): Kaito Murakami Email (s): e21m5806@soka-u.jp Institution or organization of origin: Soka University Country: Japan Abstract Lake Tana in Ethiopia has been negatively affected by overgrowth of water hyacinth in the lake ecosystem and local people by the lake have been suffering from it. Effective utilization methods of collected water hyacinth biomass are urgently needed to be developed. … Read more

Hunger Games: Science-based policy advocacy for Laguna Lake conservation through ASEAN S&T Fellowship

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Author(s): Pierangeli Vital Email (s): pgvital@up.edu.ph Institution or organization of origin: University of the Philippines Diliman Country: Philippines Abstract Laguna Lake is the largest lake in the Philippines and one of the major sites of aquaculture in the country, being one of the major sources of freshwater fishes. However, the lake is continuously being threatened by the growing … Read more

Enhanced Adsorption Capacity of Biochars derived from Water Hyacinth for Ammonium-nitrogen by Different Pre- and Post-treatments

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Author(s): Yudai Kohira Email (s): e21m5811@soka-u.jp Institution or organization of origin: Soka University Country: Japan Abstract Lake Tana, the largest lake in Ethiopia, has been invaded with a notorious invasive “water hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes)” since 2011. It is one of the fastest growing aquatic weed causing various social and environmental problems such as blockage of water channels and … Read more

Seasonal changes of silicate’s distribution in lake sediments

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Author(s): Park Jayeong Email (s): park.jayeong.53v@riko.shimane-u.ac.jp Institution or organization of origin: Shimane University Country: Japan Abstract Seasonal increases in dissolved silicate (DSi) in the lake bottom environment were observed with an increase of hydrogen sulfide (H2S). This phenomenon became more apparent in the summer as the anoxic-reducing environment was enhanced. Therefore, we hypothesized that the H2S concentrations would … Read more

Improved the sediment environment in the lake basin by conservation of the understory of the forest

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Author(s): Toshiaki Mizuno Email (s): mizuno-toshiaki@pref.shiga.lg.jp Institution or organization of origin: Lake Biwa Environmental Research Institute,Shiga Country: Japan Abstract The area of ​​Lake Biwa is about 670km2, and the area of ​​the catchment area is about 3170km2. There are coniferous and hardwood forests throughout the catchment area. The total forest area of ​​Shiga Prefecture, including almost … Read more

Synergistic effects of warming and eutrophication alert predator-prey interactions along the benthic–pelagic interface

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Author(s): Jun Xu Email (s): xujun@ihb.ac.cn Institution or organization of origin: Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences Country: China Abstract Contemporary evidence suggests that climate change and other co-occurring large- scale environmental changes, such as eutrophication, will have a considerable impact on freshwater communities. However, the interactions of these environmental changes on trophic interactions among … Read more

Reconstruction of past metal pollution and sources from the sediments of Bukit Merah Reservoir (BMR), Perak, Malaysia

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Author(s): Simeon Akogwu Email (s): adolesimeon@gmail.com Institution or organization of origin: Universiti Sains Malaysia Country: Malaysia Abstract Human pressure especially agricultural activities, tourism and other land use forms have significantly intensified in the catchment area of Bukit Merah Lake since the 1980s. This intensification has resulted in severe pollution and sedimentation levels. However, there is little … Read more