"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