World Wetlands Day 2021: Threatened Lake Areas

Living Lakes is an international network and partnership whose mission is to enhance the protection, restoration and rehabilitation of lakes, wetlands, other freshwater bodies of the world and their catchment areas. Living lakes is coordinated by the Global Nature Fund.

Together with the German NGO Forum on Environment and Development we celebrate the World Wetlands Day 2021 – Wetlands and Water with the online event Threatened Lake Areas announcing the Pantanal as this years ‘Threatened Lake of the Year’. You’ll also learn about Wetland Albufera in Valencia, Spain and get an impression of the Global Lakes Marathon, an inspiring 24 hours online-Event around the globe.

 

Download Invitation – online event World Wetlands Day 2021

 

Date: 2nd February 2021, 14–15.15h CET

Place: online

 

Programme
  Threatened Lake Areas
14:00  

Introduction and Moderation

Udo Gattenlöhner, Executive Director, Global Nature Fund

 

News from L’Albufera – Threatened Lake of the Year 2020

Antonio Guillem, Fundación Global Nature, Spain

 

The Pantanal: Threatened Lake of the Year 2021 –
Lakes of Holstein Switzerland: Living Lakes of the Year 2020/2021

Bettina Schmidt, Project Manager, Global Nature Fund

 

Global Lake Marathon Impressions and conclusions + Citizen Science
Éva Geletáné Varga, Lake Balaton Development Coordination Agency, Hungary

 

Lakes without Limits – Nature without Barriers

Roman Guziak, ETNA, Poland, Katja Weickmann, Global Nature Fund, Germany

 

Contributions from the Living Lakes Network

 

Discussion

15:15 End of the event

 

 

This event  is the start of the online seminar series of the Working Group on Water in the Forum Environment and Development: City – Country – Waters: Water for All?!

 

Please note, the individual online seminars will be conducted using the conference application Zoom. By registering, you agree to the recording and provision of the seminars.

You find more information on Wetlands and Water here: www.worldwetlandsday.org 

 

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