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Lake Plau in Mecklenburg Western-Pomerania is Living Lake of the Year

At the present World Water Day, the Global Nature Fund (GNF) announced, for the first time, the choice of Lake Plau in Mecklenburg Western-Pomerania as "Living Lake of the Year".

Important water source for 200,000 people in Colombia is threatened to suffocate

Global Nature Fund nominates Lake Fúquene in Colombia as "Threatened Lake of the Year 2011"

Israeli Knesset Committee calls for the Jordan River’s Rehabilitation to be a project of national priority

Sensational discovery at Mono Lake in California

NASA researchers have discovered in the Californian Mono Lake the first known micro-organism on Earth that can live on arsenic. This extraordinary discovery would not have been possible without the strong commitment of the local environmentalists in combating the desiccation of the lake in the 1990s.

At Lake Pulicat fishermen take their fate into their own hands

In India, the divide between rich and poor gets bigger. The German foundation Global Nature Fund supports self help initiatives at Lake Pulicat to preserve the lake and its eco-system for the fishermen and their families, who make their livelihood from the lake.

TUI AG issues invitation to conference on conservation of biodiversity on Mallorca

European Parliament passes historic resolution in support of regional rehabilitation of the Lower Jordan River

IWRM Karlsruhe 2010 – Integrated Water Resources Management

Congress Hall Karlsruhe, 24 – 25 November 2010

In South Africa you can pay in trees

In rural and peri-urban areas in South Africa orphans, unemployed youths and single parents can exchange trees for goods or education. This can be done, because of the project "Indigenous Trees for Life". It opens new perspectives to these vulnerable people and teaches them about the environment and gives them entrepreneurial skills at the same time.

Urgent need for proper lake management

Water contamination, dramatic increase in diseases and loss of biodiversity at lakes were the main topics during the 13th International Living Lakes Conference.

Pooling knowledge to protect Lake Chapala

In March 2010, the Global Nature Fund is organising an international conference on the protection of lakes at Lake Chapala in Mexico, one of the most threatened lakes worldwide. Experts from Mexican and international nature conservancy organisations, research institutions and authorities will discuss current issues and challenges related to the protection of the unique ecosystems.

India’s second largest lake faces ecological collapse

Global Nature Fund nominates Lake Pulicat as "Threatened Lake of the Year 2010"

Lake Balaton, the "bathtub" of middle Europe, is being prepared for the future

Lake Atitlán in Guatemala is "Threatened Lake of the Year 2009"

This  revealing  panorama of the volcanic lake in the southwest of Guatemala can no longer hide  the serious environmental impacts, which are caused by sewage, wild dumping grounds and chemical effluents from agriculture. An extensive algal carpet clearly shows the consequences of the  lack of proper water management.