Redes: sinergia por la sustentabilidad. Configuración y características de la red pro sustentabilidad ambiental de la Cuenca del Lago de Pátzcuaro (CLP)

Author(s): Katia Beatriz Villafán Vidales Email (s): katiavillafan@umich.mx Institution or organization of origin: Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo Country: Mexico Abstract La sustentabilidad es un movimiento global en construcción, que se nutre de prácticas y teorías alternativas al desarrollo predominante (capitalismo), proponiendo la transición a un nuevo modelo de vida universal para la humanidad, con tres … Read more

Trasimeno lake responses to climate change and governance policies: present and future scenarios

Author(s): Sara Venturi Email (s): sara.venturi@unipg.it Institution or organization of origin: University of Perugia Country: Italy Abstract The study of large shallow lakes involves many perspectives, including climatology and hydrology, water resource management, environmental and socio-economic point of view. In shallow water bodies, the balance between water supplies, evaporation losses and use of water resource is often extremely … Read more

Sustainable Water Resource In Lake Rawa Pening Indonesia

Author(s): Supriyanto Supriyanto Email (s): supriyantop@gmail.com Institution or organization of origin: Directorate of Inland Water Degradation Control, Indonesia Ministry of Environment and Forestr Country: Indonesia Abstract Anthropogenic activities in Lake Rawa Pening in Indonesia have prompted the pressure of lentic ecosystem to provide ecological services to human being. This leads to decreasing water quality because of eutrophication, sedimentation … Read more

The Lake Toba Degradation in Indonesia: How Water Grabbing Aggravates The Pressures on a Common-pool Resource

Author(s): Betty Betharia Sonata Naibaho Email (s): betti.naibaho@gmail.com Institution or organization of origin: National Taiwan Normal University Country: Taiwan Abstract The Lake Toba degradation has made it experience quite eventful prolonged years. Started with the lake rescue initiative from Indonesia’s ministry of environment and forestry in 2014; the water restoration suggestion from the World Bank; the lawsuit from … Read more

Use of Research Findings in Promoting Lake Basin Management: A case of Lake Nakuru, Kenya

Author(s): Jackson Raini Email (s): jraini2002@yahoo.com Institution or organization of origin: Flamingonet Country: Kenya Abstract Lake Nakuru is located at 360 05’ E, 000 24’ S; and lies within Nakuru City, Kenya. As part of routine water quality monitoring, the physico-chemical parameters were measured in-situ using the YSI Professional Plus handheld multi-parameter meter. Laboratory analysis for ions, anions … Read more

Sewerage financial system for Lake Biwa environmental conservation

Author(s): Naoko Hirayama Email (s): hirayama.n@ses.usp.ac.jp Institution or organization of origin: The University of Shiga Prefecture Country: Japan Abstract The sewerage systems can play a very important role in reducing pollution loads from households and other point sources of pollution for lake environmental conservation. The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLITT) categorizes the sewerage system broadly … Read more

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

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

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

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

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