International Opportunities and Benefits of Sharing Best NGO Practices in Community-Based Water Stewardship – UN Water Conference Side Event

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This 75-minute side event will focus on the importance of international water stewardship and sharing on-the-ground community best practices.

Hosted by Living Lakes Canada (Canada), Asociacion Vivamos Mejor (Guatemala), Global Nature Fund (Germany), Action for Environmental Sustainability-Malawi (Malawi) and Fundación Humedales (Colombia).

Aligns with: ID 4: Water for Cooperation: Transboundary and International Water Cooperation, Cross Sectoral Cooperation, including Scientific Cooperation, and Water Across the 2030 Agenda (SDG 6.5, 6.b and SDGs 16, 17).

Panel Presentation Overview

• Living Lakes International is an international partnership of 130 members working in more than 60 countries to protect and restore lakes and wetlands around the world.
• Host organization Living Lakes Canada will lead the panel with a presentation on their work in the U.S.-Canada transboundary Columbia River Basin, home to the Columbia Wetlands, a Ramsar-designated Wetland of International Importance. (15 minutes)
• Central American Living Lakes member Vivamos Mejor will report on their work in the hydrographic basins of the volcanic chain of Guatemala that aims to improve the quality of life of Indigenous rural families while protecting natural resources. (10 minutes)
• The umbrella organization to Living Lakes International, Global Nature Fund will present on its history of international partnerships including the Declaration of Lake Titicaca 2022 and the recently launched Living Lakes Biodiversity and Climate Project, which has the goal to promote a more environmentally-friendly use of freshwater resources and the protection of climate and biodiversity. (10 minutes)
• Action for Environmental Sustainability will focus on the activities being taken to address the challenges facing Lake Malawi, the African Great Lake, as part of the Living Lakes Biodiversity and Climate Project. (10 minutes)
• The presentation by Fundación Humedales will highlight their ecosystem-based adaptation approach to two lakes in Colombia, Fúquene and Tota, as part of the Living Lakes Biodiversity and Climate Project. (10 minutes)
• A Q&A session will follow the panel presentation where the audience will be invited to ask questions, and contribute insights and expertise. (10 minutes)

For more information and to register for this event please visit water2023.livinglakescanada.ca