Towards a Lake Basin Management Initiative and a Contribution to the Third World Water Forum: Sharing Experiences and Early Lessons in GEF and non-GEF Lake Basin Management Projects

The conservation and management of lakes and reservoirs must enter the mainstream of the economic development process through comprehensive water resources management. Actions to improve management of lake basin resources on a sustainable basis are necessary due to the high levels of direct and indirect pressure on lakes and reservoirs from large populations inhabiting lake watersheds, rapid population growth, urbanization, industrialization, mining development, growth of irrigated agriculture and impacts of climate change which are altering ecosystem processes and threatening the capacity of lakes and reservoirs to perform the requisite ecosystem functions and provide basic services for human needs. The conservation and management of lakes and reservoirs and their basins need to be strengthened and assisted by sharing and exchanging knowledge, experience and technologies and dissemination of lessons learned and best practices which would be reflected in policy and institutional reforms, and individual and programmatic lending operations supported by the GEF and the World Bank Group.

The general objective of the project is to improve lake and reservoir basin management. The project will assess and draw lessons from the achievements and implementation of several GEF and non-GEF projects. Particular objectives will be to: facilitate the sharing of experiences between managers and stakeholders; accelerate learning and implementation of effective lake and reservoir basin management and report to the 3rd World Water Forum.

Funding for the project comes from GEF ($965,744), USAID ($200,000), Bank Netherlands Water Partnership Program ($150,000), Shiga Prefecture (Japan) ($100,000), and ILEC ($100,000).

• Mr. Rafik Hirji
  IA Project Coordinator/Task Manager, International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (WB),
• Dr. David Barker
  President, LAKENET,
• Mr. Masahisa Nakamura
  Project Manager,

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• Outreach materials
  • Lake lanao asian lake basins conference
• Project Documents
  • Lake Initiative - Project Brief
• Experience notes and Lessons Learned
  • Managing Lake Basins: Practical Approaches for Sustainable Use (585 KB)
  • Aral Sea: Experience and Lessons Learned brief (Lake Basin Management Initiative). 2005. (636 KB)
  • Lake Baikal: Experience and Lessons Learned Brief (Lake Basin Management Initiative). 2005. (736 KB)
  • Lake Baringo: Experience and Lessons Learned Brief (Lake Basin Management Initiative). 2005. (571 KB)
  • Bhoj Wetland: Experience and Lessons Learned Brief (Lake Basin Management Initiative). 2005. (613 KB)
  • Lake Biwa: Experience and Lessons Learned Brief (Lake Basin Management Initiative). 2005. (712 KB)
  • Lake Chad: Experience and Lessons Learned Brief (Lake Basin Management Initiative). 2005. (621 KB)
  • Lake Champlain- Experience and Lessons Learned Brief (Lake Basin Management Initiative). 2005. (2.5 MB)
  • Chilika Lagoon: Experience and Lessons Learned Brief (Lake Basin Management Initiative). 2005. (2.2 MB)
  • Lake Cocibolca/Nicaragua: Experience and Lessons Learned Brief (Lake Basin Management Initiative). 2005. (662 KB)
  • Lake Constance: Experience and Lessons Learned Brief (Lake Basin Management Initiative). 2005. (639 KB)
  • Lake Dianchi: Experience and Lessons Learned Brief (Lake Basin Management Initiative). 2005. (1.1 MB)
  • Great Lakes of North America: Experience and Lessons Learned Brief (Lake Basin Management Initiative). 2005. (653 KB)
  • Lake Issyk-Kul: Experience and Lessons Learned Brief (Lake Basin Management Initiative). 2005. (771 KB)
  • Kariba Reservoir: Experience and Lessons Learned Brief (Lake Basin Management Initiative). 2005. (787 KB)
  • Laguna de Bay: Experience and Lessons Learned Brief (Lake Basin Management Initiative). 2005. (849 KB)
  • Lake Malawi/Nyasa - Experience and Lessons Learned Brief (Lake Basin Management Initiative). 2005. (605 KB)
  • Lake Nakuru: Experience and Lessons Learned Brief (Lake Basin Management Initiative). 2005. (800 KB)
  • Lake Ohrid: Experience and Lessons Learned Brief (Lake Basin Management Initiative). 2005. (636 KB)
  • Lake Naivasha: Experience and Lessons Learned Brief (Lake Basin Management Initiative). 2005. (1.4 MB)
  • Lake Peipsi/Chudskoe: Experience and Lessons Learned Brief (Lake Basin Management Initiative). 2005. (638 KB)
  • Lake Tanganyika: Experience and Lessons Learned Brief (Lake Basin Management Initiative). 2005. (574 KB)
  • Lake Sevan: Experience and Lessons Learned Brief (Lake Basin Management Initiative). 2005. (780 KB)
  • Tonle Sap: Experience and Lessons Learned Brief (Lake Basin Management Initiative). 2005. (622 KB)
  • Lake Titicaca: Experience and Lessons Learned Brief (Lake Basin Management Initiative). 2005. (569 KB)
  • Lake Toba: Experience and Lessons Learned Brief (Lake Basin Management Initiative). 2005. (613 KB)
  • Tucurui Reservoir: Experience and Lessons Learned Brief (Lake Basin Management Initiative). 2005. (584 KB)
  • Lake Victoria: Experience and Lessons Learned Brief (Lake Basin Management Initiative). 2005. (652 KB)
  • Lake Xingkai/Khanka - Experience and Lessons Learned Brief (Lake Basin Management Initiative). 2005. (655 KB)
  • Lake Ohrid: Experience and Lessons Learned Brief (Lake Basin Management Initiative). 2005. (636 KB)
  • Lake Naivasha: Experience and Lessons Learned Brief (Lake Basin Management Initiative). 2005. (1.4 MB)
  • Lake Peipsi/Chudskoe: Experience and Lessons Learned Brief (Lake Basin Management Initiative). 2005. (638 KB)
  • Lake Tanganyika: Experience and Lessons Learned Brief (Lake Basin Management Initiative). 2005. (574 KB)
  • Lake Sevan: Experience and Lessons Learned Brief (Lake Basin Management Initiative). 2005. (780 KB)
  • Tonle Sap: Experience and Lessons Learned Brief (Lake Basin Management Initiative). 2005. (622 KB)
  • Lake Titicaca: Experience and Lessons Learned Brief (Lake Basin Management Initiative). 2005. (569 KB)
  • Lake Toba: Experience and Lessons Learned Brief (Lake Basin Management Initiative). 2005. (613 KB)
  • Tucurui Reservoir: Experience and Lessons Learned Brief (Lake Basin Management Initiative). 2005. (584 KB)
  • Lake Victoria: Experience and Lessons Learned Brief (Lake Basin Management Initiative). 2005. (652 KB)
  • Lake Xingkai/Khanka - Experience and Lessons Learned Brief (Lake Basin Management Initiative). 2005. (655 KB)
  • Managing Lakes and their Basins for Sustainable Use, a Report for Lake Basin Managers and Stakeholders. 2005. (5.4 MB)
  • Managing Lakes and their Basins for Sustainable Use, a Report for Lake Basin Managers and Stakeholders. 2005. (5.4 MB)