"Linking Cultural Landscape Values to Lake Protection"

The 12th Living Lakes Conference in Italy took place between 22 and 26 September 2008 and the official celebration of the 10th anniversary of the global Living Lakes network took place on 26 September. This conference was meant to create an international platform for an intensive exchange of knowledge and experiences of all Living Lakes partner organisations. 

The history of human settlement is strongly connected to water access and availability. This conference highlighted the links between culture and the use of natural resources in lake regions and searched for possibilities to change human habits to a more eco-friendly way with full respect for the ecosystem and the biodiversity. Global Nature Fund and its Italian partner organisations warmly invited all interested institutions to attend the 12th Living Lakes Conference including the 10th anniversary celebration at Lake Trasimeno in Italy.

Results of the 12th Living Lakes Conference

The Trasimeno Statement is the concensus reached by over 100 members and associates of the Living Lakes network at the end of the conference.

Following you find "The Trasimeno Statement" in English as pdf data for download.

Short film about the 12th Living Lakes Conference "Linking Cultural Landscape Values to Lake Protection"

Jika Mendoza-Dalupan, Communications Manager Unilever Philippines, Inc. interviewed by Fritz Lietsch, CEO, ALTOP publishing house

What Unilever Philippines is doing for the Living lakes Associations?

Presentations

Conference Day I - 24 September 2008

Marion Hammerl, President of Global Nature Fund (GNF), Germany

Session 1: Sustainable development of cultural landscapes and lake regions

Michael Dower, Professor at the University of Gloucestershire, England

Protection and Management of Cultural Landscapes in Europe (Keynote speach)

Prof. Dr. Beate Jessel, President of the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation, Germany

Catchment Area Management, Nature Conservation and Landscape Planning

Basil Schnur and Melinda Lyons, Green Skills Inc., Wilson Inlet, Western Australia

Challenges for Sustainability: Experiences from Wilson Inlet Catchment, Australia

Lamberto Bottini, Councillor for the Environment at "Regione Umbria", Italy

The traditional agricultural Landscape and its future Opportunities

Conference Day II - 25 September 2008

Session 2: Culture, Landscape and Biodiversity

Dr. Andrew Venter, Executive Director, Wildlands Conservation Trust, Lake St. Lucia, South Africa

Lake St. Lucia

Lucilla Spini, Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO of the UN)

The role of FAO in safeguarding the natural and cultural heritage of lakes for food and agriculture

Luc Eduardo Secaira, Director Asociación Vivamos Mejor, Lake Atitlán, Guatemala

Mayan Culture and Conservation of Nature in Guatemala and Lake Atitlán

Workshop A: Culture, Landscape, Tourism and Recreation

Giovanna Chiuini, General Project and Coordination and

Dr. Raffaella Morichetti, Scientific Contents Project

Esploratorion - A Garden of Science on Lake Trasimeno

Michael Clarke, Director of the Lake District World Haritage Project, UK

A Lake District - World Heritage Site

Dr. Tillmann Stottele, Head of the Environment Department of the City of Friedrichshafen, Germany

Landscape Park Lake Constance

Workshop B: Culture, Landscape and their Histrorical Values

Gianni Desanti, Councillor for Environment at the "Provincia del Verbano Cusio Ossola", Italy

Lake Maggiore

Amanda del Rio, Project Manager at Fundación Global Nature, Lake La Nava, Spain

Workshop C: Culture, Landscape and Biodiversity

Ceren Ayas, WWF Turkey, Lake Uluabat, Turkey

Uluabat Lake Management Plan

Patrick Trötschler, Project Manager, Lake Constance Foundation, Lake Constance, Germany

Bee Pasture Programme Lake Constance

Ekanayake Abeyrathne, Director, EMACE Foundation, Sri Lanka

Session 3: Culture, Landscape and Climate Change

Udo Gattenlöhner, Executive Director, Global Nature Fund (GNF), Germany

Monica Zavagli, RAMSAR Convention on Wetlands, Switzerland

Lakes, Climate Change and the key role of Ramsar Convention

Cesare Migliozzi, President of the Energy Agency of Provincia de Perugia, Italy

Andrew Venter, Living Lakes Climate Change Programme, South Africa

Angiolo Martinelli, Regional Environmental Agency ARPA, Umbria, Italy

Workshop D: Reforestation, Bioful and Culture, Landscape and Lakes

Ir. Budiono, YK-RASI, Jempang Lake, Indonesia

Community-based refosteration of Jempang Lake catchment in East Kalimantan, Indonesia

Lennie Santos-Borja, CLEAR, Laguna de Bay, Philippines

Re-greening the Laguna de Bay watershed

Workshop E: Biomass and Culture, Landscape and Lakes

Yan Bangyou, MRLSD, Lake Poyand, China

Volker Kromrey, Clean Energy GmbH, Lake Constance, Germany

Gianfranco Catani, Trasimeno Natural Park, Italy

Workshop F: Solar Energy and Culture, Landscape and Lakes

Obiero Ong´ang´a, Osienala, Lake Victoria, Kenya

Conference Day III - 26 September 2008

Session 4: Lakes and their Cultural Values

Margit Säre, Peipsi CTC, Lake Peipsi, Estonia

Lake Peipsi on the Estonian / Russian border - dividing or uniting line

Ersébet Székely, Association of Civil Organisations of Lake Balaton, Hungary

Culture and Traditions at Lake Balaton

Enrico Calvario, "LYNX Nature e Ambiente", Lake Bolsena, Italy

Session 5: Lakes and their Spiritual Values

Aventino Frau, President of the Comunità del Garda, Italy

Prof. Dr. Nina Dagbaeva, Director GRAN, Lake Baikal, Russia

Cultural and biological diversity of Lake Baikal

Patricia Ergueta, Tropico, Lake Titicaca, Peru and Bolivia

Lake Titicaca - Ritual and Pilgrimage

Raquel Gutierrez Nájera, Fundación Cuenca-Lerma-Chapala and Idea, Lake Chapala, Mexico

Lake Chapala

Silvana Ferrara, Councillor for Tourism at the Provincia di Novara, Italy