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).

Documents & Resources

experience-notes Managing Lakes and their Basins for Sustainable Use, a Report for Lake Basin Managers and Stakeholders. 2005. (5.4 MB) Lake Xingkai/Khanka - Experience and Lessons Learned Brief (Lake Basin Management Initiative). 2005. (655 KB) Lake Victoria: Experience and Lessons Learned Brief (Lake Basin Management Initiative). 2005. (652 KB) Tucurui Reservoir: Experience and Lessons Learned Brief (Lake Basin Management Initiative). 2005. (584 KB) Lake Toba: Experience and Lessons Learned Brief (Lake Basin Management Initiative). 2005. (613 KB) Lake Titicaca: Experience and Lessons Learned Brief (Lake Basin Management Initiative). 2005. (569 KB) Tonle Sap: Experience and Lessons Learned Brief (Lake Basin Management Initiative). 2005. (622 KB) Lake Sevan: Experience and Lessons Learned Brief (Lake Basin Management Initiative). 2005. (780 KB) Lake Tanganyika: Experience and Lessons Learned Brief (Lake Basin Management Initiative). 2005. (574 KB) Lake Peipsi/Chudskoe: Experience and Lessons Learned Brief (Lake Basin Management Initiative). 2005. (638 KB) Lake Naivasha: Experience and Lessons Learned Brief (Lake Basin Management Initiative). 2005. (1.4 MB) Lake Ohrid: Experience and Lessons Learned Brief (Lake Basin Management Initiative). 2005. (636 KB) Lake Nakuru: Experience and Lessons Learned Brief (Lake Basin Management Initiative). 2005. (800 KB) Lake Malawi/Nyasa - Experience and Lessons Learned Brief (Lake Basin Management Initiative). 2005. (605 KB) Laguna de Bay: Experience and Lessons Learned Brief (Lake Basin Management Initiative). 2005. (849 KB) Kariba Reservoir: Experience and Lessons Learned Brief (Lake Basin Management Initiative). 2005. (787 KB) Lake Issyk-Kul: Experience and Lessons Learned Brief (Lake Basin Management Initiative). 2005. (771 KB) Great Lakes of North America: Experience and Lessons Learned Brief (Lake Basin Management Initiative). 2005. (653 KB) Lake Dianchi: Experience and Lessons Learned Brief (Lake Basin Management Initiative). 2005. (1.1 MB) Lake Constance: Experience and Lessons Learned Brief (Lake Basin Management Initiative). 2005. (639 KB) Lake Cocibolca/Nicaragua: Experience and Lessons Learned Brief (Lake Basin Management Initiative). 2005. (662 KB) Chilika Lagoon: Experience and Lessons Learned Brief (Lake Basin Management Initiative). 2005. (2.2 MB) Lake Champlain- Experience and Lessons Learned Brief (Lake Basin Management Initiative). 2005. (2.5 MB) Lake Chad: Experience and Lessons Learned Brief (Lake Basin Management Initiative). 2005. (621 KB) Lake Biwa: Experience and Lessons Learned Brief (Lake Basin Management Initiative). 2005. (712 KB) Bhoj Wetland: Experience and Lessons Learned Brief (Lake Basin Management Initiative). 2005. (613 KB) Lake Baringo: Experience and Lessons Learned Brief (Lake Basin Management Initiative). 2005. (571 KB) Aral Sea: Experience and Lessons Learned brief (Lake Basin Management Initiative). 2005. (636 KB) Managing Lake Basins: Practical Approaches for Sustainable Use (585 KB) project-document Towards a Lake Basin Management Initiative and in support of the Third World Water Forum: Sharing Experiences and Early Lessons in GEF and non-GEF Lake Basin Management Projects (Project Brief) results-notes 2011 Results Notes - Towards a Lake Basin Management Initiative and in Support of the Third World Water Forum synthesis-report Lake Baikal: Experience and Lessons Learned Brief File Lake lanao asian lake basins conference experience-notes-and-lessons-learned 19_Lake_Ohrid_27February2006 10_Lake_Constance_27February2006 22_Lake_Tanganyika_27February2006 19_Lake_Ohrid_27February2006 28_Lake_Xingkai_Khanka_27February2006 22_Lake_Tanganyika_27February2006 19_Lake_Ohrid_27February2006 LBMI_Main_Report_22February2006 23_Lake_Titicaca_27February2006 03_Lake_Baringo_27February2006 20_Lake_Peipsi_Chudskoe_27February2006 21_Lake_Sevan_27February2006 25_Lake_Tonle_Sap_27February2006 28_Lake_Xingkai_Khanka_27February2006 newsletter lakelanao-asianlakebasinsconference-100521005015-phpapp02