Living Lakes
Living Lakes is an international network and partnership whose mission is to enhance the protection, restoration and rehabilitation of lakes, wetlands, other freshwater bodies of the world and their catchment areas.
In October 1999, The Broads, as an internationally important and renowned wetland and system of shallow lakes, became UK partner to the international network, alongside sites such as Lake Biwa in Japan, Lake Baikal in Russia, Lake Victoria in east Africa and the Pantanal wetland in South America
More information on the Living Lakes network
The organisations representing The Broads within the network are the Broads Authority and Norfolk Wildlife Trust. The strengths that Norfolk WildlifeTrust brings to the network are its long history of biodiversity management, it’s well developed experience in environmental education and learning, and its work with communities and other partners to manage and protect ecosystems at the landscape scale. This closely compliments the Broads Authority’s statutory role in managing the full range of environmental and socio-economic issues associated with management of The Broads, therefore forming a strong local partnership able to meet the Living Lakes objectives.
More information on the work of the Norfolk Wildlife Trust
Current Living Lakes projects include :-
The European Business and Biodiversity Campaign.
This campaign aims to emphasize the high importance of biodiversity and to engage companies in the protection and conservation of nature. It provides attractive options for sustainability officers and decision makers in enterprises to inform themselves on methods and instruments to evaluate the impact of a company’s activities on biological diversity.
Threatened Lake of the Year 2010: Pulicat Lake in India Since 2004, on the Worlds Wetlands Day (2nd February) GNF nominates the “Threatened Lake of the Year” to call attention to a threatened lake and help solving environmental problems. The lagoon is an important habitat for 160 different fish species and more than 110 varieties of terrestrial and aquatic birds and small mammals and reptiles. Up to 15,000 flamingoes visit the lake on their annual migration route. Pulicat Lake is member of the international network Living Lakes.
Previous Broads Authority involvement in Living Lakes projects includes:-
EU-LIFE Project "Living Lakes: Sustainable Management of Wetlands and Shallow Lakes"
The management of different resources such as water or tourism is an internationally discussed and comprehensive task. One challenge is the adequate balance between social, ecological and economical aspects, which are illustrated in the recently completed guidelines for the preparation of a management plan "Reviving Wetlands – Sustainable Management of Wetlands and Shallow Lakes"
The 8th Living Lakes Conference Climate Change and Governance – Managing Impacts on Lakes
