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Lakes: The Mirrors of the EarthBALANCING ECOSYSTEM INTEGRITY AND HUMAN WELLBEING

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Table of Contents
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Introduction ................................................................................................................................... 32

Perugia Declaration ........................................................................................................................ 3

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WLC15 Statistics ............................................................................................................................. 6
3.1

Number of participants ..................................................................................................................... 6

3.2

Scientific Impact of the Conference .................................................................................................. 7

3.3 Statistics of Scientific Sessions Participants ............................................................................................ 84

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Scientific Sessions ......................................................................................................................... 10
4.1

Special Session Topics...................................................................................................................... 14

4.2

Keynote Lectures ............................................................................................................................. 19

Public Events ................................................................................................................................ 21
5.1

Opening Ceremony .......................................................................................................................... 21

5.2

Closing Ceremony ........................................................................................................................... 23

Side Events ................................................................................................................................... 26
6.1

International Policy Forum .............................................................................................................. 26

6.2

Local Policy Forum ........................................................................................................................... 34

6.3

LakeDoc, Visual Storytelling Award ................................................................................................. 36

6.4

The Environmental Protection Agency for Research Promotion .................................................... 37

6.5

Freshwater and Sustainable Healthy Food ...................................................................................... 37

6.6Best Practices for Lake ..................................................................................................................... 39

6.7

Coda della Cometa, Project for the city of Rome ............................................................................ 41

6.8

TWAP Consultative Open Forum ..................................................................................................... 41

6.9

Ibaraki Kasumigaura Prize ............................................................................................................... 43

6.10

Legal Workshop ............................................................................................................................... 44

6.11

Scientific Journalism Event .............................................................................................................. 46

6.12

Professional and Vocational Training for Italian Engineers ............................................................. 47

6.13

Academy of Fine Arts “Pietro Vannucci” Prize ................................................................................ 47

6.14

Exhibition ......................................................................................................................................... 48

6.15

Art Exhibitions ................................................................................................................................. 49

6.16

Social Events .................................................................................................................................... 53

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Committees .................................................................................................................................. 55

8Partners ....................................................................................................................................... 56

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Appendix: List of partecipants ....................................................................................................... 58

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1Introduction

The 15th Edition of the World Lake Conference (WLC15) “Lakes: The Mirrors of the Earth, Balancing
Ecosystem Integrity and Human Wellbeing” was held in Perugia, Italy, from the 1st to the 5th of September
2014. The WLC15 was organized by the International Lake Environment Committee Foundation (ILEC) andthe Umbria Scientific Meeting Association 2007 (USMA2007) in collaboration with the University of Perugia
and the University of Foreigners of Perugia, Fine Arts Academy of Perugia and Board of Engineers ofPerugia. The WLC15 attracted over 3000 people from over 40 countries who were involved in scientificsessions and many other side events, including different kinds of stakeholders interested in the
management and protection of Lake environment as: Scholars, Governmental delegations, Local
Institutions, Practitioners, Students, NGOs, Journalists and Civil Society.
This Report aims to record the outcomes of the WLC15 in terms of: i) People involved, ii) Scientificcontributions, exchange of knowledge and capacity, iii) Cultural event.

2 Perugia Declaration
During the closing ceremony of WLC15, The Scientific Committee of ILEC with the presence of the Rector of
UNESCO-IHE András Szöllösi-Nagy, the Rectors of University of Perugia and University of Foreigners ofPerugia, the Indonesian Minister of Environment Balthasar Kambuaya and other Indonesian delegation,
local authorities of Perugia, authorities of the Umbria Region, NGOs and all the conference participants hasdeveloped, discussed and approved the following recommendations:
September 16, 2014 - Perugia Declaration
Lakes, whether natural or artificial, fresh or saline, are important and dramatic features of our global
landscape. They have been centres of cultural development in Italy and throughout the world over many
centuries. In addition to providing their services in terms of increased food supply, safe drinking waterand satisfying other water needs for human health and wellbeing, these ecosystems are symbols ofinspiration, creativity and spiritual manifestations that constitute the ‘heartware’ that enriches andelevates human existence. Thus, lakes are a global heritage that must be restored and protected to enhancetheir life-supporting ecosystem services, including those associated with their linkages to other aquatic
ecosystems. These linkages also have important scientific and governance implications in meeting humanand ecosystem water needs. Along with many other lakes in our world, Lake Trasimeno provides a perfect
example of the enriching role that lakes can have in stimulating the cultural evolution of humanity, as
highlighted in the discussions of the 15th World Lake Conference held in this beautiful city of Perugia during
1 to 5 September, 2014.
With this perspective, the Conference participants manifest this declaration of Perugia, and hereby:
Acknowledge that freshwater is fundamental for all life, finite in quantity, extremely vulnerable to humanactivities, and irreplaceable in its many uses;
Are aware that lakes contain more than 90% of the liquid freshwater on the surface of our planet at any
given instant, and that they also provide the widest range of water-based ecosystem services tohumanity;3

WLC15 PERUGIA - FINAL REPORTAre conscious that lakes mirror the general living standards of human societies, and that their ecologicalcondition reflects the cumulative impacts of the human activities taking place within and even outside theirbasins;Recognize that lakes are not isolated water bodies, but rather are part of an encompassing global water
system interconnected in many ways, such that degradation and destruction of lakes can have effects far
beyond their physical boundaries;
Are deeply concerned about the increasingly consumptive attitude of civil society throughout theworld, and the impacts this trend can exert globally on the integrity of the water-related ecosystemservices that support and enrich human culture and livelihoods;
Are aware that the deliberative nature of the political process means the development ofgovernmental actions to address significant environmental problems and their causes often lags behind
their initial perception by scientists and civil society;
Are conscious that, in spite of noteworthy progress made over recent decades to address human andecosystem water needs, achievement of effective governance, technical capacity and a financial baseadequate to ensure sustainable ecosystem services of lakes and other standing water systems remains
an elusive goal of civil society and its governments.
Therefore, the Participants recommend:
That achievement of sustainable lake ecosystem services must be emphasized and ensured as main
assessment and management goals by governments, local communities, NGOs, civil society, industry,
agriculture and academia now and into the future, as a major effort to counteract the deteriorationof lakes that parallels a general loss of natural and cultural heritage, and reduces the possibility of further
and sustainable human socioeconomic development and cultural advance;
That the importance of lake systems in regard to cultural heritage and values, human well-being andecosystem biodiversity be a fundamental consideration in all lake management efforts. Education,awareness and outreach efforts, and the development of capacities directed to preserving the history
and the continuing evolution of the cultural ties that exist between healthy lakes and healthy humansocieties must be significantly enhanced, noting the importance of the interactions between lake integrity
and human cultural development is poorly appreciated by governments, civil society and other waterrelated stakeholders.
That the role of linkages between lakes, and the aquatic systems that drain into and out of them, be
explicitly recognized as fundamental components of all lake management efforts directed to achieving
sustainable ecosystem services. They must be assessed and managed as interacting components that
fundamentally influence each other, consistent with the message conveyed in the RIO+20 output document,“The Future We Want,” and with Goal 6.6 (“…by 2020 protect and restore water-related ecosystems,
including mountains, forests, wetlands, rivers, aquifers and lakes”) highlighted among the United
Nations Open Working Group on Sustainable Development Goals.
That greater attention be given to the role of lakes as barometers of climate change impacts and the risks
related to climate uncertainties, including water scarcity, major floods and extreme weather events
associated with predicted hydrologic cycle alterations. This consideration may result in greater reliance onwater storage capacity, requiring increased attention to the potential environmental impacts associatedwith such efforts. The risks from natural disasters attributable to climate change, and intensifying
competition for water among sectors, must be recognized as important components of lake basin

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management. The promising role of ecohydrology in facilitating sustainable freshwater systems also
merits increased attention.
That an integrated management approach that collectively encompasses the physical, cultural, governanceand socio-economic components of linked freshwater systems must be considered a critical goal by all
water-related stakeholders. Although many water resources management frameworks currently exist,
none sufficiently address the important goal of ensuring the sustainable ecosystem services provided
by lentic waters. Accordingly, the ILEC approach of Integrated Lake Basin Management (ILBM), which
addresses the linkages and balances between lakes, their associated river basins, and the human systems
they sustain, facilitates an integrating synthesis of the condition of freshwater basins, and should berecognized as a major advance to achieve sustainable ecosystem services.

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3 WLC15 Statistics
The following tables and graphs analyze the distribution of the participants by continent, country andcategory. The scientific impact of the event is described in terms of performed scientific sessions andpresented contributions.

3.1 Number of participants
The total number of the participants was 860, distributed as indicated in the following tables

Scientific Sessions Participants (checked in)

total

465

Standard Participants

235

Students and Young Researchers

98Standard Participants (Developing Countries)

68

Students and Young Researchers (Developing Countries)

15

Grants18

Professionals of the Engineers Organization20

Accompanying Person

11Side Events (participants and speakers )*total 860International Policy Forum80

Local Policy Forum60

TWAP Consultative Open Forum30

Freshwater and Sustainable Healthy Food

80

"Coda della Cometa" Workshop

40

Legal Workshop

60

Scientific Journalism Event

120

Ibaraki Kasumigaura Prize

240

The Environmental Protection Agency for Research Promotion

40

Award Ceremonies at CERP (Lake DOC, ABA, BP4L ) 01/09/2014

100

Exhibitors (6 boots)*including both registered participants (464) and guest participants invited to single events(396)10Public Events

total 253

Opening Ceremony

148

Closing Ceremony

105

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Social Events

total 669

Japanese Reception

80

Lago Trasimeno and Cascata delle Marmore Field Trips

109

Social Dinner

242

Cultural Event "The Seasons of Love"

238

Exhibitions at CERP Hall from Aug. 27 to Sep. 26

total 2150

Around the World in a Shell, LakeDoc, ABA, ALLI, BP4L, etc.

3.2

2150

Scientific Impact of the Conference

Scientific Impacts
Plenary Lectures

1

Keynote Lectures

6

Mainstream Sessions

8

Technical Sessions

23

Special Sessions

10

Workshops

3

Poster Sessions

1

Abstracts submitted

558

Extended abstracts submitted

126

Oral presentations at scientific sessions

445

Poster presented at poster session

113

Total Login at website

1,480

Total website accesses (Administrators excluded)

18758

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3.3 Statistics of Scientific Sessions ParticipantsStandard Participants
2%
4%

4%

Students and Young
Researchers

3%Standard Participants(Developing Countries)

15%
51%

Students and Young
Researchers (Developing
Countries)
Grants21%
Professionals of the Engineers
Organization
Figure 1. WLC15 attendees to Scientific Sessions for Registration Type

Scientific sessions participants per country
Countryn° Country
n° Country
Italy
171 Afghanistan 6 Lebanon
India
48 Brazil
5 United Kingdom
Japan
32 France
5 Kazakhstan
Russia21 Netherlands 5 Finland
Philippines
14 Germany
4 Hungary
United States 13 Switzerland 4 New ZealandTurkey11 Spain
3 Austria
Greece9 South Africa 3 Vietnam
Poland
9 Armenia
3 Bangladesh
China
9 Canada
3 Nigeria
Indonesia
9 Romania
3 Zimbabwe
Malaysia
8 Pakistan
2 Senegal
Kenya
7 Thailand
2 Uganda
Nepal
7 Australia
2 Guatemala
Mexico7 Estonia
2 Congo, The Democratic Republic of The

Table 1. WLC15 Countries involved and participants

8n° Countryn°
2 Jordan
1
2 Ghana1
2 Portugal
1
2 Puerto Rico 1
2 Sri Lanka
1
2 Albania
1
2 Azerbaijan
1
1 Colombia
1
1 Slovenia
1
1 Ukraine1
1 Malawi
1
1 Cameroon
1
1 Belgium
1
1 Denmark1
1 Lithuania
1
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2%
4%Africa26%

America
Asia
Oceania67%

1%

Figure 2. WLC15 attendees to Scientific Sessions per Continents

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4 Scientific Sessions
During the five days of the Conference, participants discussed various aspects related to Lake Protection
and Management in 36 Scientific Sessions structured in 8 Mainstream sessions on the basis of amultidisciplinary approach, which took place in the School of Law of the University of Perugia.
In addition to the 23 Technical Sessions, a Call for Special Session took place from November 2013 toJanuary 2014 and 10 Special sessions and 3 Workshops had been selected.
The following paragraphs provide an outline of the 8 Mainstream Sessions and a brief overview on therelated Special Sessions.
Thematic sessions and chairmen of each mainstream are shown In the following tables.

MS01 Ecology and Biology of Lakes & Inland Waters
CHAIRMANSESSION

Daniel Olago

AFFILIATION
World
Water
and
ClimateFoundation, Canada
University of Nairobi, Kenya

Walter Rast

Texas State University, USA

Salif Diop

University CAD - Dakar - Senegal

NAME
Richard Robarts

MS01-01 Water quality and pollution control

MS01 -02 Biological Aspects and Biomonitoring

MS01-03 Lake ecosystem and biodiversity assessment andZhengyu Huconservation
MS01-04 Brackish and saline inland waters

Nikolai AladinMS01-05S Special Session - Alien species: an increasing Angela Boggero
threat to freshwater ecosystems?
Elena Tricarico
Sandra Azevedo
MS01-07 Eutrophication problems
Jeffrey A Thorton
Luigi
FloresMS01-08 Harmful algal blooms (HABs)

Naselli

Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese
Academy of Sciences, China
Russian Academy of Science,
RussiaCNR-ISE, Italia
University of Florence, Italy
Institute of Biophysics Carlos
Chagas Filho, Brazil
International
Environmental
Management Services Ltd, USA
University of Palermo, Italy

Table 2: Mainstream Session 01 Ecology and Biology Lakes and Inland Waters

MS02 Lake Processes and Dynamics
CHAIRMANSESSION

NAME
Alexandra
Rizhinashvili

MS02-01 Chemical and physical processes

MS02-02S Special Session - Hydrology issues in water storage
Fabio Russo
systems
MS02-03S Special Session - Challenging Global and Local Masumi
Changes in Coastal Lagoons and their Watersheds
Yamamuro
Table 3: Mainstream Session 2 Lake Processes and Dynamics

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AFFILIATION
St. Petersburg State University,
RussiaSapienza University of Roma,
Italy
Graduate School of Frontier
Sciences, The University ofTokyo, Japan

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MS03 Inland System and Global Change
CHAIRMANSESSION

AFFILIATION

MS03-01 Climate change trends and adaptation

NAME
Walter Dragoni

MS03-02 Climate driven impacts

Giuseppe Arduino

UNESCO-IHP
ItalianInstituteofHydrobiology and Institute for
the Study of Ecosystem, Italy

University of Perugia, Italy

MS03-03S Special Session - Climate Change: lakes andRiccardo De Bernardi
water resources in Mountain Regions
Table 4 Mainstream Session 3 Inland System and Global Change

MS04 Informatics, Mapping and Monitoring
SESSION

CHAIRMAN
AFFILIATION

NAME
MS04-01 Advances in ecosystem monitoring andStephen Maberly
measuring technologies
MS04-02S Special Session - Hydrological monitoring ofValerii Vuglinskii
the world large lakes and reservoirs
Arnold Dekker
MS04-03S Special Session - Earth Observation of Inland Claudia Giardino
and Near-Coastal Waters
Blake Schaeffer
MS04-04S Special Session - GIS-based modelling and Fernando Nardi
mapping in limnology and hydrology
Salvatore Grimaldi

NERC-Centre for
Hydrology, UK

Ecologyand

HYDROLARE, Russia
CSIRO, Australia
National Research Council - CNR
IREA, Italy
U.S.
Environmental
Protection
Agency, USA
University for foreigners Perugia,
Italy
University of Tuscia, Italy

Table 5 Mainstream session 4 Informatics, Mapping and Monitoring

MS05 Lake and Human Connection
CHAIRMANSESSION

NAME
Adelina
Santos-Borja
OrazioCarpenzano

AFFILIATION

Laguna Lake Development
Authority, Philippines
Sapienza University of Roma,
Italy
ChilikaDevelopment
Ajit Pattnaik
Authority, India
Walter Dragoni University of Perugia, Italy

MS05-02 Lake Basin Heartware
MS05-03 Lakescapes and water architectureMS05-04 Human impact managementMS05-05 Lake and archeology
Table 6 Mainstream session 5 Lake and Human Connection

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MS06 Lake Basin Management Experiences and Challenges
CHAIRMANSESSION

AFFILIATION

NAME
Giuseppe Morabito
MS06-01 European alpine and subalpine lakes
Monica Tolotti
MS06-02 Lakes by regions (North & South America; Africa;
Nico Salmaso
Europe; Asia)
MS06-03 Urban lakes

Juan Skinner

MS06-04S Special Session - Lake Trasimeno

Alessandro Ludovisi

CNR Institute for Ecosystem
Study, Italy
Edmund Mach Foundation,
Italy
Research and Innovation
Centre, Fondazione Edmund
Mach, Italy
Lake Atitlán Basin Authority,
Guatemala
University of Perugia, Italy

Table 7 Mainstream session 6 Lake Basin Management Experiences and Challenges

MS07 Governance and Management: Participation and Challenges
CHAIRMANSESSIONNAME
MasahisaNakamura

MS07-01 ILBM
MS07-02 Special Session - Best Practices for Lakes

Chiara Biscarini

AFFILIATION
Shiga University, Italy
University for
Perugia, Italy

foreigners

MS07-03 Water governance and cooperation for the quality of
Gautamlentic-lotic-ground water systems
MS07-04 Citizen participation in lake basin management

Sandeep Joshi

MS07-05 Special Session - Research, sustainability and governanceFrancesca Alvisi- How to practice on ILBM
Table 8 Mainstream session 7 Governance and Management: Participation and Challenges

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Shrishti
Environment&
Sustainability Society, India
Italian National ResearchCouncil (NRC) Institute ofMarine Sciences of Bologna,
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MS08 Lake Basin Best Management Practices
CHAIRMANSESSIONNAME

AFFILIATION

Antonio Boggia

University of Perugia, Perugia,
Italy

MS08-01 Converting Policy into Action for Successful Lake Giancarlo
Management
Gusmaroli
Maurizio Bacci

Studio Ecoingegno, Italy
IRIS Ambiente, Italy

MS08-02 Workshop - Water Framework Directive environmental
Angiolo Martinelli ARPA Lazio, Italy
quality assessment of lake water bodies in Europe
MS08-03S Special Session - Ecotechnology and Ecohydrology for
remediation and restoring the quality of contaminated lentic- Joshi Sayali
lotic water systems
Franco Cotana
MS08-04S Special Session - Lake Habitat Preservation and New
Opportunities for Sustainable Development
Anna Laura
PiselloTable 9 Mainstream session 8 Lake Basin Best Management Practices

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Shrishti
Eco-ResearchInstitute (SERI), India
University of Perugia, Italy
University of Perugia, Italy

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4.1 Special Session Topics
MS01-05S Special Session - Alien species: an increasing threat to freshwater ecosystems?
LifeWatch, a European e-Science infrastructure on biodiversity and ecosystems, has the objective ofstrengthening the scientific research on biodiversity, making available to scientists online laboratories fully
equipped with data resources, standardization and integration tools, data analysis, modelling andvisualization services and high performance computation capacity to run their frontier research projects.
LifeWatch construction is at its starting face and show cases have been built at the European level todemonstrate the functionality of the infrastructure. Italy coordinated the Monitoring Alien Species showcase to assess the ecosystem vulnerability to alien species. Due to the strict link with human activities,
freshwaters are subject since centuries to even more widespread invasions than terrestrial systems. As aconsequence, they are today suffering rates of biodiversity loss greater than those recorded in the mostaffected terrestrial biomes. IAS are extremely difficult to be managed after their establishment, so muchscientific effort should be directed to understand the mechanisms that cause their success and to findappropriate means for their prevention. Several papers analyzed the drivers of their occurrence, the role ofclimate change in facilitating their arrival and spread, or the impacts they caused at ecosystem level. These
are some of the issues this session has addressed to better understand the process of biological invasions inorder to reduce their increase and to apply more effective biodiversity conservation measures.

MS02-02S Special Session - Hydrology issues in water storage systems
The hydrological study of lakes and reservoir could be linked to the common definition of “water storage
system”, generally related to:

Natural or artificial water bodies of different size;
Groundwater reservoir capability and the effect on subsurface and baseflow;
Artificial riverine impoundments and reservoirs impounded.

The storage systems could be studied both on the natural hydrological topics (low flows, aquifer balance,basin hydrological response, upstream and downstream effects, management of urban and naturalstorage system, lamination properties and flood control) and also from the hydraulic construction view
(dams and levees project, impacts and stability, dam breaking effects and related risk assessment,
hydropower, detention basins design).
Secondly, problems related to the hydraulic of lakes and reservoir could be generally individuated in thefactors that reduce or impair the storage capacity of the lake as the sediment load, due to the low velocity;on the other side some phenomena such as emptying of reservoirs can move sediments and becomesources of pollution.
In addition, the management and protection of lakes and reservoirs are essential to many human activities,
from abstraction for drinking purposes to productive tasks such as agriculture and industry. And so it isessential to understand and formulating appropriate actions for sustainable management of lakes andreservoirs. All this topics represent an important and challenging effort for modern hydrology.

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MS02-03S Special Session - Challenging Global and Local Changes in Coastal Lagoons and theirWatersheds
Due to the location along the coast, lagoons are under natural disturbance from terrestrial runoff and sea
influence. Furthermore, they suffer from strong anthropogenic pressures, due to the increasing coastal
urbanization. Local pressures can be greatly amplified by climate changes, especially by extreme
meteorological and hydrological events. Expected changes in physical and ecological characteristics spanfrom freshwater inputs, sea level rise and saline wedge influence, flushing regime, water contamination,
biodiversity loss and alien species invasion, exploitation of alieutic resources and urbanization,. In thiscontext decision making and management are critical issues. Moreover, the awareness of coastal lagoon
fragility is essential to face changes and take mitigation and adaptation measures. This special session will
establish the state-of-the-art in the coastal lagoon science as a support for policy and decision making, anddevelop a roadmap for required future research and applications. We especially invite proposals frommembers of coastal lagoon networks and projects engaged in the coastal lagoon research, scientificsupport to decision and education to explore synergies and build the community of practice. Suggested
topics are: integrated planning and management of coastal lagoons and their watershed, DPSIR approachto assessment and policy making, the human dimension of coastal lagoons, adaptation to changes,
ecological and social resilience, education as a tool to enhance awareness.

MS03-03S Special Session - Climate Change: lakes and water resources in Mountain Regions
Mountain ecosystems are strongly sensible to climate change. The environmental changes that occur athigh altitudes have direct and indirect impacts on water quantity and quality, on their biodiversity and on
the structure and function of freshwater ecosystems as a whole. High altitude freshwater ecosystems may
possibly acquire increasing importance for water management in the future, since they serve as
multifunctional tools in the regulation of the water balance and they may represent a secondary source ofpollution to ecosystems at lower altitudes, with important implications for water quality and usage.

MS04-03S Special Session - Earth Observation of Inland and Near-Coastal Waters
Earth Observation increasingly is being recognized as suitable technique for large-scale detection,assessment and monitoring of inland and coastal water quality. Remote sensing provides a synoptic view of
the temporal-spatial distribution of the different biological, chemical and physical properties of both thewater column and if visible, the substrate. This knowledge of the distribution is essential in environmental
water studies as well as for resource management. Use of “water colour remote sensing” for thedetermination of optical water quality parameters is now feasible as methods exist to estimate
phytoplankton and its breakdown product, dissolved organic matter, dead particulate organic matter andparticulate inorganic matter. Many inland and coastal waters are highly affected by anthropogenic
influences.
A challenge that remains is to transform earth observation from just an observational tool in the hands ofremote sensing scientists to a water quality management support system that is characterised by timely
delivery to managers of a suite of water quality products of known accuracies and agreed interpretation.
Within the GEO Water Task a working group was established in 2007 on Inland and Near-shore Coastal
Water Quality. Through the past 7 years several large national and international projects focused on
maturing this field of research and applications. This special session will establish the state-of-the-art in

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earth observation of aquatic ecosystems; inform the global lakes scientific user community and develop aroadmap for required future research and applications
MS04-04S Special Session - GIS-based modelling and mapping in limnology and hydrology
Remote sensing of the Earth provides an incredible wealth of information on spatio-temporal patterns of
the land surface. It captures globally hydrologic, geomorphologic and vegetation properties andenvironmental variables.
This increasing availability and quality of digital earth data is paving the way to the use of GIS terrain
analysis models for accurately representing and mimicking river and lake basin physical processes andmorphologic features from the global to small scales.
Geomorphologists, limnologists and hydrologists currently implement terrain analysis techniques and tools,
applying the theoretical framework of the well know interaction between the hydrologic forcing and the
topographic control that govern landscape evolution dynamics, for modelling and mapping terrestrial
landforms (e.g. river networks, hillslopes, floodplains). Emerging fields such as ecohydrology,
ecomorphology and biogeomorphology combine the diverse processes that interplay in water-dominatedenvironments.
Moreover, the latest high-resolution terrain technologies (e.g. lidar, laser scanner, UAV, etc) are able toscan the land surface gathering high resolution information at the micro scale. GIS plays a major role insharing and interlinking geospatial information in multidisciplinary projects across multiple scales.
This session welcomes contributions from researches on case studies that extensively use digital earth data,
GIS terrain analysis geospatial modelling and mappingMS06-04S Special Session - Lake Trasimeno
Lake Trasimeno is the largest lake of the Peninsular Italy and a site of a remarkable naturalistic importance(Natura 2000 site, S.C.I., S.P.Z. and Regional Park). Despite its large extension, the lake is very shallow andthe strict dependence of the water balance on meteorological conditions has caused dramatic floods anddroughts over the centuries. Human interventions have been made since Etruscan or Roman times in orderto regulate the lake level. The outlet restructuring completed at the end of the 19th century, gave inception
to a progressive lowering of the lake level which led to a dramatic crisis of the 1950s. The enlargement of
the catchment basin performed in 1957-60, allowed the lake to rapidly recover from drought, but seems
insufficient to ensure high water levels in the current phase of climate change. The rapid sequence ofchanges in the water level, in combination with a number of other human impacts caused by exploitationand management practices, have produced significant effects on the water quality as well as on the
biocoenosis of the lake, making also it more prone to biological invasion. This session is intended to collect
the results of various studies performed on Lake Trasimeno in the last decades, in order to depict anintegrated picture of the environmental and biological condition of the lake, as well as their variations in
response to human impact. The sharing of the acquired knowledge is also a prerequisite for improvingsocial awareness and settling proper management policies.

MS07-02 Special Session - Best Practices for Lakes
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workshop is to explore outcomes and share lessons learned from the best practices applied in thesustainable management of lake areas by local authorities. The primary goal is the selective observation of
a set of exemplars across different contexts to derive more generalizable principles and theories of properlake area management. The workshop aims to enhance knowledge and capacity exchange, involving
different kind of stakeholders: researchers, environmental practitioners, local authorities, private actors
and civil society. Workshop description: The workshop will be organized in the framework of theaward “Best Practices for Lakes” promoted by the Italian Ministry of Environment, the Italian High Institutefor Environmental Protection and the Institute for Environmental Protection and Research - ISPRA, La
Sapienza University of Rome, and the University for Foreigners of Perugia. This aims to select projects on a
public announcement will be awarded for the best practices in sustainable management of lake
environment. The best practices should make an outstanding contribution to the environmental
conservancy of lake areas, integrated into the social and economic development on a sustainable basis.
Moreover, these practices should be transferable and flexible. These can focus on a variety of sectors suchas: urban planning, energy, engineering and hydraulic works, waste management, landscape conservancy,
tourism and culture heritage, integrated and inclusive strategies. The workshop will introduce findings fromselected projects which will be inserted into the ISPRA database, named GELSO - Local Management for theEnvironmental Sustainability (European database on the good practices for local sustainability) in order tocreate a "network" of information exchange among local authorities. Moreover, a specific poster session
will be organized and will host posters of the selected projects

MS07-05 Special Session - Research, sustainability and governance - How to practice on ILBM
ILBM is a way of thinking about water management that is based on six pillars. Two of these are theParticipation (of stakeholders but also of citizenship as stakeholders) and the Information (to stakeholders
and thus to citizens). These concepts are strongly present in the approach we want to pursue to bring
together scientific research approach, strategy and results, and public opinion and stakeholder
participation through a governance exercise on sustainability issues. We like to discuss the importance of
information and knowledge for a qualified and pro-active participation as well as reflect on our individualand collective responsibility as citizens in ILBM projects. To achieve these goals, three working groups will
be organized:
1.Active vs. Scientific citizenship - This working group will discuss and share experience about topics like:Why Scientific Information is important? What kind of Information Needs for Lake Basin Management?
Which consequences of a “Non-use” of Science? How and where can we share information? How muchinformation is “enough”?
2.Participative democracy - We plan to work on the responsibility/action axis mediated by the contributionof scientific approach: evaluate the individual vs. collective responsibilities, allowing to assess the impact ofactions and possible solutions in terms of cost/benefit, promotes the critical analysis of the information
available today.
3.Participatory planning - This working group will experience a process of participatory planning in order topractice on the ILBM issues by analyzing case studies taken from the past and possibly practising on present
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MS08-02 Workshop - Water Framework Directive environmental quality assessment of lake water bodies
in Europe
European Union member states released the first cycle of lacustrine water bodies monitoring andclassification in the last years, adopting new methodologies defined according to Water Framework
Directive WFD2000/60CE and composed of several quality elements of aquatic ecosystem. The newassessment system, made of an articulate and still un-complete pathway, has permitted to better analyselake systems in their complexity, to enhance the knowledge of animal and vegetal communities, clarifying
the relationships between quality factors involved into environmental conditions variability. The
elaboration of all collected data, at regional, river basin district or national scale, permit to evaluate thelake water bodies ecological and chemical status, creating the basis to enhance measures for water
protection and restoration plans. The workshop can be an important moment to evaluate the state of theart of WFD implementation process involving, at different level, institutions, environment agencies andresearch centres, focusing on: - monitoring strategies and results; - emerging operational criticalities; classification criteria effectiveness; - significance and reliability of ecological assessments.

MS08-03S Special Session - Ecotechnology and Ecohydrology for remediation and restoring the quality ofcontaminated lentic-lotic water systems
Ecotechnology is an application of knowledge and skills of harnessing ecological processes that helps in
fulfilling human needs by remediating ecological disruption of water bodies and restoring aquatic
ecosystems. It’s an integration of ecological techniques to facilitate the restoration of ecological health of
the water body by improving self-purification capacity and nutrient-energy cycles. All sustainableengineering that can reduce damage to ecosystems, adopt ecology as an original foundation, and ensure
the conservation of biodiversity with sustainable development. Ecotechnology is essentially the disciplineof sustainable management of lentic - lotic water quality which can facilitate preservation of theenvironment health for the survival, development and economy of society. It operates within theboundaries of ecosystem rather than flouting or overwhelming it. Therefore it boasts non-conventional
design considerations, parameters and scale ups. Ecological engineering and eco-technologies are
dependent on the self-designing, resilient abilities of ecosystems and their natural biotic and abiotic forces.
Natural systems have ability to reorganize and balance biogeochemical cycles and food chains distressed
due to external inputs. A new dynamic order eventually emerges suitable to the changes in order to restore
ecological equilibrium.

MS08-04S Special Session - Lake Habitat Preservation and New Opportunities for Sustainable
Development
The session is an occasion to share multidisciplinary research related to water and lake, as source of newopportunities for sustainable development. Lake represents both passive and active main character for
determining global and local climate. It can contribute to sustainable development, due to its carbon
sequestration potential and its inner energy source. Lake is also an excellent memory custodian of global
climate change, thanks to its ability to store heat in their hypolimnetic water and through the traces left insediments. Green power from water is one of the cleaner and more efficient renewable energy source.
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Hydropower and Micro-Hydropower has 90% of efficiency and new hydroelectric power plants can help
both the creation and the restoration of new and ancient habitats for plants and animals, together with there-creation of new economies. Moreover, lakes’ water can be used as energy storage or as source forhydrothermal energy. In this perspective, this symposium responds to the necessity of rehabilitating
lacustrine habitat, through appreciating its value in terms of sustainable development opportunities.
Micro/meso-climate influenced by lakes is able to influence both environment resources and buildings.
Therefore, also thermal-energy performance of the built environment is affected by lakes’ presence, andthe environmental impact of built areas is investigated in this view. All in all, the opportunity of this first
symposium allows to evaluate hydrodynamics, human and climate impact and energy implications of lakes
and water sources.

4.2 Keynote Lectures
Pierluigi Viaroli, University of Parma
Quarry lakes and reservoirs in the floodplains: monitoring, research and design of aquatic environments forwater quality management and riverscape restoration
Clay, sand and gravel extraction in the floodplains has led to the formation of a number of small andgenerally shallow lakes and reservoirs, which are often eutrophic due to the pressures from farmland andurban areas. These newly formed water bodies provide a unique opportunity for studying the earlycolonization phases and the evolution of lake communities, to analyze biological interactions, and toevaluate the ecosystem metabolism and its effects on oxygen budgets and biogeochemical processes. theassessment of ecosystem services this kind of lakes can provide in terms of water and ecological quality is achallenging task. Study cases from the Po river, whose watershed hosts some hundreds of lakes accountingfor 15 km2 total water surface, are presented. The comparison of lakes with different ages (from still information to 40 years) allows to evaluate their trophic state evolution in relation to hydrologicalconnectivity, external pressures, internal buffering processes, onset and persistence of hypolimnetic anoxia.
Guidelines for designing lakes aimed at achieving good ecological conditions have been implemented as ascientific support to the quarry exploitation. Furthermore, the ecosystem services provided by quarry lakes
have been suggested as potential tools for restoring the riverscape in the lowland areas, where the river
margins are for the most part deteriorated and heavily exploited for agriculture, infrastructures and humansettlements. In this context, quarry lakes can be used as substitutes of formely existing oxbow and riverine
lakes and to reconnect, at least partially, the river channel with its floodplain.
Alberto Basset, University of the Salento
Biodiversity and Ecosystem e-Science: opportunities and challenges
Biodiversity and ecosystems, the management and conservation of their related services, have gained in
the last decades a high priority in the international political agenda inspiring large-scale initiatives andresulting in the implementation of the environmental policy issues through monitoring plans at national
and international scales. A positive cascading effect have been increasingly growing data collections on allcomponents of biodiversity and ecosystems providing an unprecedented opportunity to test new ideas
and produce new knowledge capitalising existing data resources. Taking advantage of this opportunity, thefast development of biodiversity and eco-informatics is offering the tools and facilities to deploy data.
These include capabilities to mine existing data from different sources, standardise, integrate, analyse andmodel data. Biodiversity and eco-informatics is also offering increasingly accurate facilities to integrate datafrom very sources, from metabolomics to remote sensing. e-Science research infrastructures, as LifeWatch
in Europe, are building the new global research centres where scientists can find, integrate and use in anear future data on biodiversity and ecosystems coming from equipment as different as DNA sequencer
and new Sentinel mission satellites. Global scale modelling has already started and will be strongly boosted
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such new capabilities requires major guiding scientific goals that represent intellectual frontiers andchallenges for biodiversity research. I see two major challenges for ecological sciences in the next few years
to convert the opportunities offered by the innovative technologies into deeper understanding and new
knowledge on biodiversity and ecosystems: critically revising milestone concepts in ecology, as theecosystem concept, producing clear and shared ontologies and cascading data standardisation; and,addressing the architectural layer of biodiversity and ecosystems decoding organisation into the underlying
mechanisms and related drivers.
Aharon Oren, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Two and a half thousand years of navigation on the Dead Sea
The only ship on the Dead Sea today is a research vessel for scientific exploration. In earlier periods manykinds of boats sailed the waves of the saltiest of all lakes. Anchors found on newly exposed shore of theshrinking lake and remnants of a 1st century B.C.E. shipyard are witnesses of extensive navigation in
antiquity. A naval battle was fought on the lake in 312 B.C.E and there exists a letter from 134 C.E.
mentioning a ship loaded with fruit anchoring near Ein Gedi. A 6th century mosaic map depicts two sailingboats on the lake. Legal deeds from crusader times period prove that a cargo ship was operated by the
Knights Hospitaller of Jerusalem. The 1848 Dead Sea exploration by Lt. William Lynch (US Navy) and earlier
unsuccessful ventures by Costigan (1835) and Molyneux (1847) used small rowing boats, but the French
expedition of the Duc de Luynes in 1864 brought a custom-built luxury sailing yacht. In the middle of the
19th century a navigation route to India via the Dead Sea was considered as an alternative to the Suez
Canal. The first motor ship appeared in 1908, and later a large fleet connected between the operations of
the Palestine Potash Company at both ends of the lake. Among the unusual crafts seen on the Dead Sea
were a Martinsyde bomber plane equipped with floats instead of wings used as a weapon during WorldWar I, BOAC hydroplanes that landed on the lake in the 1940s on their way to Australia, and the yellow
submarine that in 1999 explored the bottom in search for the biblical cities of Sodom and Gomorrah.
Aharon Oren, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
The microbiology of the Dead Sea: changing microbial communities in a rapidly changing environment
TToday the Dead Sea (total salt concentration ~350 g/l with ~2 M Mg2+, ~1.4 M Na+, ~0.5 M Ca2+, ~0.2 M
K+ and Cl- as the main anion) supports very little microbial life. Biological monitoring of lake’s water column
since 1980 has shown that blooms of the unicellular green alga Dunaliella and halophilic Archaea of thefamily Halobacteriaceae only develop following significant dilution of the upper water layers after
exceptionally rainy winters. Such events occurred in 1980 and even more dramatically in 1992, when up to
3.5x107 Archaea per ml in the diluted upper 5-10 meters of the water column colored the lake red.
Archaeal blooms were preceded by blooms of Dunaliella (up to 8,800 and 15,000 cells/ml, respectively).
From 1996 onwards Dunaliella was no longer observed and prokaryote numbers remained low. In spite of
the increasingly extreme conditions, a small but diverse community of halophilic Archaea still survives in
the lake, as shown by culture-independent, 16S rRNA gene-based molecular techniques. The community
structure of the Archaea present in 2007 was very different from that in 1992, showing that even in thisextreme environment the microbial communities are dynamic, showing changes in species composition as
conditions become increasingly adverse. To examine the possible effects of the implementation of theplanned Red Sea – Dead Sea conduit on the Dead Sea as an ecosystem, simulation experiments were
performed in which Dead Sea water was diluted with Red Sea water, both in the laboratory and under field
conditions in experimental ponds at Sedom. The extent of biological development (Dunaliella blooms,
accompanied by halophilic Archaea imparting a brown-red coloration to the brines) depended on theextent of dilution and on phosphate availability.

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5 Public Events
5.1 Opening Ceremony
The Opening Ceremony of the 15th World Lake Conference took place on the 1st of September in the Main
Hall “Aula Magna” of the University of Perugia. The event was opened by the Master of Ceremonies Paola
Pigni, Olympic athlete and women’s 1500m record holder, who introduced the Panel of Local authorities,
academics, and International delegations:
Lucio Ubertini (Chair of LOC), Masahisa Nakamura (Chair of SciCom), Hironori Hamanaka (DG ILEC), Silvano
Rometti (Environmental Commissioner of the Umbria Region), Maria Teresa Severini (Commissioner for
Culture of the Municipality of Perugia), Giovanni Paciullo (Rector of the University for Foreigners ofPerugia), Franco Moriconi (Rector of the University of Perugia), Massimo Mariani (Member of the Italian
National Council of Engineers), Marco Guasticchi (President of Province of Perugia), Taizo Mikazuki(Governor of Shiga Prefecture).
The Rector of UNESCO -IHE Institute for Water Education András Szöllösi-Nagy opened the Scientific
Program of the Conference with a Plenary Keynote titled "Water: The Key to Sustainable Development –The Challenge of the Century?". The abstract of the Keynote follows:
The presentation will overview the current global perspective on water resources with an attempt to identify
major likely future challenges along with an outline of potential opportunities for solutions. There is a
growing consensus in international environmental politics that water is going to be one of the main issues ofthe 21st Century. Given the projected demands for water supply, food security, and the likely impacts ofclimate variability and change, the present water use practices are clearly not sustainable. The presentation
will attempt to identify the water security challenges that need to be addressed to establish sustainable
water development and management practices for the future, with particular attention to the context oflakes and reservoirs. It will also look into the hydrological impacts of various global change drivers, such as
climatic variability and change as well as changes in population patterns and related changes, such as land
use change, migration from rural to urban areas. All these changes imply strong non-stationarity. It will beargued that the design methodologies, developed under the hypothesis of stationary hydrological processes,
need to be revisited and updated. Mitigation and adaptation measures will shortly be outlined. Of the nonstructural measures governance reforms will also be discussed. Recent advances within the United Nationsin the area of identifying the Sustainable Development Goals will be reviewed.

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Figure 1 Hironori Hamanaka’s speech during the WLC15 Opening Ceremony

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5.2 Closing Ceremony
The Closing Ceremony was hosted by the School of Law of the University of Perugia on the 5th of
September, with the participation of the State Minister of Environment of Indonesia Balthasar Kambuaya
and the governmental delegation.

Figure 2 The WLC15 Closing Ceremony Panel

The Ceremony started at 15:00 with a welcoming address by Lucio Ubertini and Masahisa Nakamura, who
opened the reviewing process of the Draft Perugia Declaration through the contributions from theaudience. The outcomes of the reviewing is presented in the first part of this Report (1.2).

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Figure 3 Award Ceremony

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6 Side Events
6.1

International Policy Forum“Lakes: A Critical Missing Link in the Global Water Framework”
Time: 2nd September 2014, 09:00 to 13:00
Venue: Law School Graduation Room, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy
Chair: Andras Szollosi-Nagy, Rector of UNESCO-IHE, Institute for Water Education
Theme: The water contained in natural and manmade lakes, wetlands, ponds and other pooled waters andecosystems, collectively called lentic (standing or static) systems, represents more than 90% of the readilyavailable liquid freshwater on the surface of our planet. These lentic water systems are especially
important to humanity, being used for a wider range of life-supporting ecosystem services than other water
bodies. These waters and their ecosystems, which are highly interlinked with inflowing and outflowing
surface and underground lotic (flowing) waters, also are extremely sensitive and vulnerable to external andparticularly human-induced disturbances. Historically, therefore, people had to develop a variety ofmanagement approaches, either explicitly (e.g., with legal, institutional and engineering elements) or
implicitly (e.g., with cultural and other community shared-value elements), to meet the challenges ofsustainable management and use of their overall ecosystem service values. Unfortunately, however, theglobal water debate has not yet successfully captured the conceptual or practical accomplishments andchallenges faced by these important water ecosystems as part of the global water debates.
Panelists from Overseas
1. Gladys Wekesa, Head, Transboundary Waters, Ministry of Environment, Water and Natural Resources,
Kenya
2. Arief Yuwono, Deputy Minister for Environmental Degradation Control and Climate Change, Indonesia
3. Takashi Ohmura, Head, Water Environment Division, Ministry of Environment, Japan
4. Hironori Hamanaka, Director General, ILEC, Japan
5. Alejandro Juárez Aguilar, Corazón de la Tierra, Lake Chapala, Mexico
6. Ajit Patnaik, Chilika Development Authority, India
Panelists from Italy
7. Pierluigi Claps – President, Italian Hydraulic Group
8. Francesco Allegrucci – Delegate for Water Issues, International Relations, Province of Perugia
9. Stefano Burchi – President, International Association for Water Law
10. Michela Miletto – Coordinator, United Nations World Water Assessment Programme (WWAP), UNESCO
11. Fernando Nardi – UNESCO Chair, Water Resources Management and Culture
Forum Coordinators
12. Masahisa Nakamura –Chairman of the Scientific Committee, ILEC, Japan
13. Walter Rast – Vice Chairman of the Scientific Committee, ILEC, Japan
14. Luigi Naselli-Flores – Member of Scientific Committee, ILEC, Japan
09:00 – 09:10 Welcome inaugural remarks(Chair) We are going to discuss three main issue domains (1) ecosystem services, or the “hardware”
theme to be introduced by L. Naselli-Flores, (2) Integrated Lake Basin Management (ILBM), or the“software” theme, to be introduced by W. Rast, and (3) the heartware-theme to be introduced by M.
Nakamura.
09:10 – 09:25 Guiding Remarks

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WLC15 PERUGIA - FINAL REPORT(L. Naselli-Flores) We need to recognize the need of sustainable use of ecosystem services provided by“lakes” and other lentic water systems on the global scale. One key direction is to increase both citizens’
and politicians’ awareness.
(Chair) How do you recognize the importance of ecosystem services? How do you translate thatimportance into policy design?
(W. Rast) We should recognize ILBM as an important complementary concept of Integrated Water
Resources Management (IWRM) and Integrated River Basin Management (IRBM) for sustainable
management of “lentic” water systems. A missing management perspective is the linkage among lotic andlentic water systems. This linkage is an important element for effective governance in water resourcesmanagement.
(Chair) What are the specific issues of the lentic water systems that are different from those for the lotic
water systems? Perhaps some technical aspects include (1) low velocity of water flows, (2) complicatedecological interactions, and (3) pollution loading sinks.
(M. Nakamura) We need to explore “heartware” approaches to greatly enhance the cultural and otherhistorically fostered shared-values for water governance. Such approaches should address the stress of lakebasins.
09:25 – 09:30 Summarizing remarks by the Chair
The objective of this forum is to deliver the important messages from the international community to thewater policy debate. What is the current state of the water resources in the globe? What are the policy
instruments which could improve the current state? A World Water Heritage has been established for
addressing these issues. We would like you to present your strong messages regarding what is not working
and what should be done for managing water resources for sustainable development?
9:30 – 10:25 Brief remarks from the Panel and Floor
Gladys Wekesa, Head, Transboundary Waters, Ministry of Environment, Water and Natural Resources,
Kenya
I would like to share a general overview of the policy and legal frameworks that exist in my country Kenyain relation to management of our water resources, with specific reference to our lakes. I shall introduce
some achievements and the significant challenges in the implementation of these frameworks. Whereas wehave had great accomplishment, the challenge resides in participation of diverse stakeholders including
especially local communities.
Arief Yuwono, Deputy Minister for Environmental Degradation Control and Climate Change, Indonesia
There are three essential elements in lake management in Indonesia, including (1) upstream, (2) water
body and (3) riparian. The challenge is to recognize the diverse characteristics of different lakes and to
make connection in management. It is important to incorporate the management with cultural and social
contexts. We perceive lake management beyond the water resources management but also the socioeconomic development.
Hironori Hamanaka, Director General, International Lake Environment Committee, Japan
I wish to provide some views regarding climate change during the discussions later.
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I wish to introduce two subjects, including the Basic Act on Water Cycle Policy, and impacts of Fukushima
Nuclear Power Plant Accidents on lakes and rivers.
(Chair) Japan is the first country which has enacted a law on the integrity of the water cycle. I believethat this is a difficult task. As such a law has to balance the feasibility of technology with thesophistication of the social and legal systems.
Ajit Patnaik, Chilika Development Authority, India
The challenge in lake management is in decision-making in related aspects. We have developed a good
governance structure to implement an integrated wetland management.
Alejandro Juárez Aguilar, Corazón de la Tierra, Lake Chapala, Mexico
Mexico’s experiences reveal the importance of stakeholder participation and strengthening of governanceas essential elements in lake basin management.
(Chair) Some of the other aspects that are not discussed yet include (1) biological engineering and (2)closed lakes. I shall invite experts from the floor later on to provide their insights.
(F. Nardi) I believe that both science and culture are important for water resources management. In
particular, it is important to notice and incorporate the perspectives of citizens who may not have technicalknowledge.
(S. Diop) In water governance, it is important to consider the daily practices of local communities, and theinteractions between different policy systems in regard to how they work and do not work together, either
top-down or bottom-up.
(P. Claps) I would like to convey the perspectives of water resources management in Italy. We have a long
history of water regulation in Italy, not only in law making but in implementing the policies. European
Union has motivated us to better manage our water resources, including balancing the surface water
stored in reservoirs and lakes as well as groundwater. In particular, effective management is expected as it
has a significant impact on the tourism sector of the country. We have more than 500 nationally importantreservoirs which are an important part of the management framework.
(Chair) Reservoirs are man-made structures which often are considered as a part of the beautiful
engineering landscape. How to protect and confront possible transformation is an important issue.
(P. Claps) There are many challenges in lake management in Italy. I believe that exchanges with experts
could bring helpful contribution.
(S. Burchi) I would be pleased to share some legal aspects in lake management as well as transboundarywater management.
(Chair) The United Nations initiated a few discussions on transboundary waters in 1970 and 1977.
However, there have been few conventions which are adopted in Europe. How to share waters, how to
use water a cooperation? I would like to invite the perspectives from Africa.
(G. Wekesa) In Kenya, water is also an element of our happiness. We are forming a commission via MoU todevelop partnerships with countries such as Tanzania. United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) has
played a facilitating role in collaboration between Kenya and Tanzania for managing the trandboundary
Lake Turkana.
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WLC15 PERUGIA - FINAL REPORT(G. Wekesa) We perceive cooperation as the only option, acknowledging the difficulty of reaching specificagreements.
(Chair) What is the institutional mechanism in protecting lakes and sustaining economic development inIndonesia?
(A. Yuwono) We have a great population in Indonesia. Sanitation is a great challenge. In the populous Java,
we considered the local capacity of infrastructure and the unique characteristics of the lakes to design
appropriate policies.
(Chair) Forest logging is often a negative element in lake basin management. But it is also a viable option
for supporting livelihoods in the poor communities in Indonesia. After coffee break, I would like to invite
discussions on impacts of various elements, including climate change, on lake management.
10:25 – 10:50 Coffee Break
10:50 – 10:55 Guiding remarks by Chair
In this session, we will discuss the general framework of ILBM.
10:55 – 11:10 Short Presentation on ILBM by Prof. W. Rast
We identified six pillars for ILBM. Using ILBM, we found 16 types of lake problems. We distinguish standing
waters (lentic) from moving waters (lotic). ILBM platform is developed for micro, meso and macro scales.
Ecosystem services is an important element of the ILBM approach.
11:10 – 12:55 Invitations for Participation from the Floor(Chair) I would like to invite Prof. Hamanaka from ILEC to introduce his perspectives in regard to thelatest IPCC assessment.
Hironori Hamanaka, Director General, International Lake Environment Committee, Japan
I would like to share some latest information from the IPCC. The IPCC has completed the fifth assessment
and will release the assessment results next month, October 2014. The key insights incorporated in theassessment related to impacts on water resources include (1) sanitation and other stress continues to achallenge, (2) water disaster increases and requires more attention, and (3) scientific knowledge is required
for adaptation to climate change. ILBM is an important tool in addressing these challenges and meeting theneeds.
(Chair) One important aspect in advancing scientific knowledge to support practices in water resources
under the impacts of climate change. I would like to invite Mr. Ohmura from Japan to introduce how
Japan has been able to initiate a Water Cycle Law.
Takashi Ohmura, Head, Water Environment Division, Ministry of Environment, JapanThe new legislation provides fundamental principles about how to utilize and conserve water to achieve thesound water cycle and sets a strong basis to harmonize the governing system of the water cycle. An
example including the change on property rights on groundwater. Before the Law, groundwater wasrecognized as an asset for private corporations. The Law required a fundamental change. In addition, newcommittees and plans are being established and developed to support implementation.
(Chair) How to coordinate the implementation of a new water law? I would like to invite Prof. Stefano
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WLC15 PERUGIA - FINAL REPORT(S. Burchi) The hydrological cycle is an important input for the contemporary regulations on water
resources, especially that groundwater is a sensitive and political aspect in the overall framework. In
addition, the physical and geographical aspects are crucial for supporting the effective implementation ofsuch a new law. Whereas it takes time to conceptualize a new policy within the circle of policy makers, in
actual implementation, it would be even more challenging to engage the public who are water users. When
the Water Law in Mexico was implemented in 1992, many realistic aspects emerged and revealed that the
preparation was not ready.
(Chair) I would like to invite our expert from Mexico to share some insights on this regard.
(A Juarez Aguilar) The National Water Law established that the unit for management is basin. The problem
is that water authorities can manage water but not basins. There have been a series of conflicts amongstates and within states. Although some new institutional units were established, a common problem
existed that participation was too slow. Municipalities have developed networks to cope with the situation.
Since 2001, a complementary law has been discussed to support the implementation of the 1992 law.
(Chair) How is the situation in India?
(A Pattnaik) In wetland management, our challenge is the balancing of livelihood and biodiversity. We haveadopted approaches of incorporating the concerns of ecosystem management and equity. In some cases,
we take into account of bird migration and bird watching as well as livelihood need of local communities.
We also try to integrate scientific knowledge with indigenous insights. We have been able to translatescientific findings into practices via developing some management guidelines and engaging with local
stakeholders as an approach of capacity building. In the individual level, people in India believe thatinvestment in lands is meaningful and are willing to participate in the process. Legislation was behind theguideline development but has been catching up.
(Chair) How to motivate citizens to participate in management? I would like to invite an expert fromPune to share his insights.
(V. Bodhankar) My city Pune has been taking freshwater from a nearby lake. Recently the water quality has
degraded and the water is not suitable for drinking. Over the past two years, a program has been initiatedamong children. Children are motivated to take water from their homes to schools. This bottom-up
program has been adopted by some other cities.
(Chair) Would similar education approaches be applicable to Africa? I would like to invite Prof. Salif Diop
to share his insights.
(S. Diop) The essence is capacity building and effective communication among different stakeholders,
including children, fishermen and farmers. Effective communication would require not only a bottom-up
fashion but also the languages understandable by different stakeholders.
(Chair) In terms of communication, politicians do pay attention to the voice of the public. For example,
in South Africa, water is considered as a human right and relevant programs are developed toincorporate education and training. Culture is an essential element in these programs.
(F. Nardi) It is an important question to consider whether we should consider cultural perception as part ofthe scientific communication for water resources management.
(Chair) This touches the perceptive of hardware-software-heartware for water resources management.
In Africa, the historical context is important for understanding different perspectives regarding water. On
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WLC15 PERUGIA - FINAL REPORT(P. Claps) We respect a structure for water resource management. As there are many water users, we build
structures with concerns for environmental sensitivity. A built environment can contribute to the overallsocial architecture if structures could allow users to feel accustomed.
(Chair) This touches a few important historical and social concerns in developed countries. For a time,engineering structures were a need for development. In 1990s, the importance of ecosystems wasrecognized. So has been the connections among many elements in the ecosystems, including water,energy and food. I would like to invite Mr. Michela Milleto from UNESCO to share his perspectives.
(M. Miletto) The United Nations World Water Assessment Programme (WWAP) was established in 2000,
financed by the Japanese Government for 6 years and moved to Italy in 2006. This year, water security has
become a new emphasis within WWAP. Management of groundwater and lakes could be considered aspart of the eco-hydrological cycle. An important element would be education.
(Chair) I would like to invite contributions from Dr. Nick Aladin to share his perspectives.
(N. Aladin) I would like to send important messages from Central Asia. A few largest lakes on this planet
are located in Central Asia, including Caspian Sea and Aral Sea. Over years, people at this region have beenendeavoring to protect these lakes with joint efforts from UNESCO, UNEP, UNDP, World Bank, as well as
local organizations. I believe that whereas the disasters are generated by the hands of men, the recovery
from disasters could also be achieved, if not fully, by the hands of men.
(Chair) The Aral Sea case reminds us of how societies are coping with disaster. I would like to invite Mr.
Takashi Ohmura to share his insights on Fukushima.
(T. Ohmura) We have been working on recovery from Fukushima and monitoring the impacts. We foundthat ratioactive materials (Cesium) are not detected in the water at most water bodies. The concentrationin sediments are staying at low levels or decreasing with some variations at most sampling points, but stillhigh at some points. Overall, it is difficult to justify the clean-up works. The challenge is that people are notwilling to drink water locally available even though there is little impact on human health. Continuingmonitoring on the site and dialogues among stakeholders are necessary.
(W. Rast) How are you communicating with people who have concerns regarding the water quality?
(T. Ohmura) We have been trying to use scientific indicators but people prefer zero risks since they seemto have lost trust on the government.
(L. Naselli-Flores) Citizens would do monitoring themselves when they do not fully trust the local
governments, such as the Italian and Japanese citizens living around lakes.
(Chair) I would like to invite some remarks from the Floor.
(Mangesh Kashyap from India) Credibility of not only governmental authorities but also NGOs is very
important for lake basin management. Microeconomics, social economics and ecological economics areequally important for lake basin management in developing countries. Politicians are not directly affectedby the problems in lake management but citizens are.
(Sandeep Joshi from India) Institutions are important. Institutions can be considered with four elements,
including governance, management, science and engineering. Infrastructure connected with science andengineering has been emphasized but processes connected with governance and management is not wellrecognized.
(A Juarez Aguilar) Innovative participation is as important as effective communication in lake management.

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12:55 – 13:00 Closing Remarks by the Chair
Technology opens new avenues for social communication and new opportunities for participation andcooperation.

Figure 5 The International Policy Forum32

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6.2

Local Policy ForumThe Local Policy Forum focused on “Citizen Involvement in Environmental Management – Lake Trasimeno
meets Lake Biwa” was held on September the 1st. The Local Policy Forum was chaired by Lorena Pesaresi,
Former Environment Councilor of the Municipality of Perugia and involved members from local authorities,
civil society, environmental organizations from Umbria region and Shiga Prefecture, as:Roberto Pippi, Vice Mayor of the Municipality of Castiglione del Lago;
Dino Mengucci , President of the Passignano Research Centre for Environment and Energy “Panta Rei”;
Louis Montagnoli, Comunità Montana Colli Trasimeno;
Alessandra Paciotto, President Legambiente Umbria;
Antonella Pulci, WWF Umbria;
Aurelio Chiocchini, President of the Fishermen Association of Lake Trasimeno;
Satoru Yamakawa, Former Chairperson of the Committee of Harie Shozu Village;
Shoichi Nakajima , Board Member of Akanoi-Biwako Environmental Citizens’ Initiative;
Michio Furukawa , Board Member of Akanoi-Biwako Environmental Citizens’ Initiative;
Katsura Nakano, Responsible of the Heartware Project Team, Shiga University;
Yohei Ueda - Assistant Professor, University of Shiga Prefecture.

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6.3 LakeDoc, Visual Storytelling Award
The International competition “LakeDoc Visual Storytellig Award” was launched in February 2014 to invite
participants to submit videos, short documentaries or photo albums on specific lake areas portrayedthrough the lens of: scenery, environment, natural sciences, anthropology, culture, biology, botany,
ichthyology, technology, social sciences, history, ethnicity, mythology, epic poetry, religion, philosophy,
literature, poetry; and to foster water culture through visual storytelling.
The project was organized by the WLC15’s Organizing Committee, Voxteca and UniFactory – University for
Foreigners of Perugia, UNESCO Chair in Water Resources Management and Culture, and Pietro Vannucci
Fine Arts Academy of Perugia.

Figura 1 LakeDoc's winners

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WLC15 PERUGIA - FINAL REPORTWorks from all over the World have been submitted during the months before the WLC15. The Organizers
selected for the various categories the following winners :Photos: Maurizio Leoni “Lake Trasimeno”; Mikhail Naumenko “Heaven and Waters of Lake Ladoga”;
Giuseppe Costantini “Sguardi nel lago”; Claudio Bianconi “Lagomagia” e Teresa Severini “Life from thelake”;
Videos: Justin Bolduc Turpin “Blue Darkness – Interiors”; Giuseppe Farè “Lago di Brinzio... Specchio delparco”; Mario Scarpanti “Sunsets and Seagulls”; Giorgio Giorgini “Al Trasimeno”; Martina Solimano “Sorapis
e Coldai”.
Special mention: Rolando Marini “Acque interiori”, and Antonio Batinti, Scientific Responsable for ALLI
Project (Italian Lake Linguistics Atlas).
The Award Ceremony took place on the 1st of September at the Exhibition Center of Rocca Paolina (CERP)
and the works were exhibited at (CERP) from the 29th of August to the 29th of September, recording a large
number of visitors.

6.4

The Environmental Protection Agency for Research Promotion

The main volume of superficial fresh water is contained in lakes. Therefore, lakes are essential for drinkablepurposes, irrigation, navigation and fishing, tourism and recreational activities. They are often theexpression of historical, religious and aesthetic values. The Agencies for Environmental Protection arefocused on the development of new strategies and techniques for environmental monitoring system, trying
to gather further information. Planning and construction of the water robot GALILEO are related with thetasks of environmental monitoring for a safe management of Umbrian lakes.
The Workshop was coordinated by Svedo Piccioni, General Director of ARPA Umbra, and Giorgio Belloni,
Siralab Robotics President.

6.5 Freshwater and Sustainable Healthy FoodOn September 4th , the 1st International Symposium on Freshwater and Sustainable Healthy Food was held.
Lucio Ubertini, President of WLC15 Local Organizing Committee;
Massimo Alberti, Delegate of Perugia, Accademia Italiana della Cucina;
Giuseppe Fatati, President of ADI Foundation and Member of Territorial Studies Center, Accademia Italianadella Cucina;
Barbara Paolini, Coordinator of UOSA Medical Dietetics, Santa Maria alle Scotte Hospital, Siena;
Sergio Leotta, Director of U.O.C. Dietology, Diabetology and Metabolic Diseases, S. Pertini Hospital, ASL
RMB Rome;
Isabella Dalla Ragione, President of Arboreal Archaeology NPO Foundation Città di Castello Perugia;
Antonella Santucci, M.D UslUmbria1, Perugia;
Daniela Capezzali Dietitian, Silvestrini S.Maria della Misericordia Hospital, Perugia;
Gabriele Perriello, M.D. Coordinator of the Clinical Nutrition Center, University Hospital of Perugia;
Daniele Nucci, RD. Department of Internal Medicine, Endocrine and Metabolic Sciences, University of
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6.6 Best Practices for Lake
The workshop “Best Practices for Lake” took place on the 4th of September in the framework of thenational-level Project Best Practices for Lake, jointly organized by UNESCO Chair in Water Resources
Management and Culture, Italian Ministry for the Environment and Protection of Land and Sea, Italian
National Institute for Environmental Protection and Research (ISPRA), and the Italian Hydrotechnics
Association. The project was aimed to Identify and select good practices that can ensure the long-termsustainable management of lake areas, and to foster information, data and knowledge sharing among
stakeholders on management of lake areas, through an award of practices that make an outstanding
contribution to the environmental conservancy of lake areas, integrated into the social and economic
development on a sustainable basis; the repository of the practices awarded in ISPRA GELSO National
database on good practices on local sustainability; and the workshop “Best Practices for Lake” organized by
Chiara Biscarini to explore outcomes and share lessons learned from the best practices awarded.
The winning projects of the 1st edition of the Best Practices for Lake were:
Echogreen, Fondazione Fabbroni; LakeAdmin, Finnish Environment Institute and Province of Rieti;
Borgo dei Pescatori of Castiglion del Lago, ARBIT Association;
BioEnergy Reed, Rosselli Rasetti High School;
Esploriamo insieme i colori del Lago di Idro, Municipality of Idro and Eridio Sub Association.
The award ceremony took place on the 1st September at the Exhibition Center of Rocca Paolina(CERP).

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6.7 Coda della Cometa, Project for the city of Rome
The CODA DELLA COMETA, a multidisciplinary experiment for sustainable and resilient urban and landscapeplanning of the Tiber river coastal area, that refers to the urban plan of the coastal area of the city of Rome,has been the subject of a very successful side event jointly organized and hosted by the Academy of Fine
Arts of Perugia (ABA), the WLC15 Organizing Committee and the Sapienza University of Rome Faculty ofArchitecture. The workshop was chaired by Orazio Carpenzano (Sapienza University of Rome), Fernando
Nardi (University for Foreigners of Perugia) and Paolo Belardi (University of Perugia and ABA Director) andincluded prestigious invited lectures by Piero Ostilio Rossi (Sapienza University of Rome) presenting on “ReCycling Water Architecture. Architectural and Landscape regeneration of Ostia Land Reclamation works(Rome)”, and by architecture and engineering students and faculties with different multidisciplinary
perspectives and background dealing with coastal urban and land planning for the city of Rome. The side
event also included a special visit to the ABA plaster casts gallery. Here below some pictures from thelibrary of the ABA where the workshop took place.

6.8 TWAP Consultative Open Forum
Transboundary Waters Assessment Program (TWAP) Lakes Working Group
Open Forum: 4th September 2014, 17:00-18:30 - University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy
Chairs: Prof. Masahisa Nakamura and Prof. Walter Rast
Secretary: Dr. Hebin Lin
I. Introduction of Experts
Prof. M. Nakamura
The experts who have assisted in the TWAP-Lake questionnaire survey in East Africa and SouthAmerica included Mr. Jackson Raini, Prof. Daniel Olago, Dr. Obiero Onganga, and Dr. Godfrey
Ogonda, and Prof. Sandra Azevedo, respectively.
II. Review of the Progress of TWAP-Lake
Prof. W. Rast
1. Overview of TWAP: Five transboundary water systems and working groups
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210 lakes/reservoirs (ILEC)
276 rivers (DHI, UNEP Coordinating Center)
445 groundwater basins (UNESCO/NOAA)
55 large marine ecosystems
70% of the surface of the open oceans

2. Activities completed to date for TWAP-LakeDelineation of 164 transboundary lakes
Overlay maps
Expert Group Meetings and Consultative Meetings
Questionnaire design, implementation and analysis

3. Current activities for TWAP-Lake(1) Three major units: ILEC, Texas State University, RCSE Shiga University(2) Project elements
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Basic prioritization

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Prioritization concept
Lentic-lotic linkages and typology
IL2BM
Transboundary Diagnostic Analysis (TDA)(3) Lake basin ranking considerations
Which indicators
How to express rankings
Quantitative vs qualitative information

III. Methodology Development for TWAP Lake
Prof. M. Nakamura
It is a challenge to conceptualize prioritization when there is limited information for transboundary
lakes. We have conducted the following activities: (1) data preparation, (2) weighting and analysis,and (3) scenario development for decision-making.
IV. Current Assessment for TWAP Lake
Prof. M. Nakamura
We developed a master data file for the overall 207 transboundary lakes and the 64 focal
transboundary lakes. We have utilized an article and its supplementary information published in
NATURE “Global Threats to Human Water Security and River Biodiversity” as well as the relevant
GIS data downloadable online.
(1) Two main threatsThreats to Human Water Security (HWS)
Threats to Biodiversity (BD)(2) Four themes and 23 drivers and their respective relative weights for the two threats evaluatedby eight expertsTheme 1: Catchment Disturbance
Theme 2: Pollution
Theme 3: Water Resource Development
Theme 4: Biotic Factors(3) Some common indicators of stress among the 23 drivers
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Driver 2: Impervious Surfaces
Driver 9: Pesticide Loading
Driver 15: River Fragmentation
Driver 19: Flow Disruption
Driver 20: Non-Native Fishes (%)(4) A key logic in assessmentInvestment Benefits Factor: a proxy for the degree to which threats to human water
security have been alleviated by technological or engineering approaches
Incident threats
Adjusted threats(5) Some key results

Relative weights of the four themes on HWS and BD
Relative weights of 23 drivers on HWS and BD

V. Closing Remark
Prof. M. Nakamura
We applied a similar approach to assessing lake basins. We are continuing to carry out the analysis.

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6.9 Ibaraki Kasumigaura Prize
The 8th Ibaraki Kasumigaura Prize was supported by the Ibaraki Prefectural Government, Japan andawarded to two distinguished authors from developing countries supporting their researches andparticipation in the 15th World Lake Conference.
The 8th edition winners were:
Chyntia Henny from Indonesia who submitted the work entitled “Urban Lake Management Strategy: Effectof distinct types of lake surrounding and shoreline landscape development on water quality of urban lakes in
Megacity Jakarta”;
Ramon Pedro Planas Paterno from Philippines who submitted the work titled “The Yaman ng Lawa
(Blessings of the Lake) Initiative in Santa Rosa City, Laguna, Philippines: An inclusive, participatory approach
to publicpolicy development”.
The award ceremony took place during the WLC15 Social dinner held in the suggestive location of Corbara
Lake.

Figure 7 The Winners of the 8th Ibaraki Kasumigaura Prize

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6.10 Legal Workshop
The Legal Workshop took place at “Falcone Borsellino” Room of the School of Law of University of Perugia
on September 5th .
Legal Workshop Theme:
Water protection is indeed one of the major challenges facing the International Community in the newmillennium. Several multilateral conventions address the issue and need to be implemented, in order todevelop the most cost-effective, innovative and competitive ways of managing water resources whilst
mitigating the effects of climate change. Water protection is also a key aim of EU legislation. The legal
Workshop intends to discuss the legal tools for transboundary lake water resources management available
at the International and European level, with specific regard to environmental protection of lacustrine
habitats, water resource utilization for drinking, irrigation and industrial uses, landscape preservation andwater transportation systems.
The program of the Legal workshop was structured as follows:
Welcome address by Masahisa NAKAMURA Chairman, ILEC Scientific Committee, Professor by Special
Appointment Shiga University Research Center for Sustainability and Environment;
Fabrizio FIGORILLI Vice Rector of the University of Perugia, Professor of Administrative Law;
Giovanni MARINI Director of the Department of Law, Professor of Private Comparative Law, University of
Perugia;
Part 1: The Legal Framework:
Opening Remarks by Alessandra LANCIOTTI Professor of International Law, Department of Law, Universityof Perugia;
The contribution of the UNECE Water Convention to the prevention and resolution of transboundary waterdisputes by Cristina CONTARTESE Ph.D. in EU Law, Senior Researcher (post-doc), University of Luxemburg;
The European Regulations on Water by Fabio RASPADORI Professor of EU Law, Faculty of Political Sciences,
University of Perugia;
The role of biodiversity-related Multilateral Environmental Agreements: Providing another layer ofinternational legal protection of to lakes and their natural resources? By Marco CITELLI Ph.D. inInternational Law and Economics, Università Commerciale L. Bocconi (Milan).
Part 2: Specific Situation
Transfrontier management of lakes: the project for the establishment of a Transboundary Park at Scadar
Lake by Giovannella D’ANDREA International Lawyer, Advisor to EU neighbouring Countries on theirprocess of approximation to the EU acquis on energy and environment;
Environmental security and sustainable development of the Caspian Sea by Vüqar HACIYEV Counsellor of
the Embassy of the Republic of Azerbaijan to Italy and Ph.D. Candidate, ‘Sapienza’-University of Rome.

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6.11 Scientific Journalism Event"Communicating Science: Language, case studies and methods", organized by the University for foreignersof Perugia and the Umbria National Board of Journalists, was held on the 5th of September at palazzo
Gallenga.
The continuing education of journalists seminar, addressed the complexity and the methods of processes ofcommunication of science and technology through the experiences and testimonies of invited experts. 128
journalists from Umbria, Tuscany and Lazio Italian regions attended the seminar. The seminar got started
with a welcome address by Giovanni Paciullo, the Rector of the University for Foreigners of Perugia andintroduced by Antonello Lamanna, Head of Communication of WLC15. Chaired by Dante Ciliani, Presidentof the Board of Journalists of Umbria. With contributions of: Antonio Brunori, head of international
relations UNAGA (National Union of Environmental Journalists Associations); Emanuele Perugini, Directorof Pianetascienza.it; Leonardo Alfonsi, President EUSEA (European Science Events Association); Claudia Di
Giorgio, chief editor of Le Scienze (L'Espresso Editorial Group).

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6.12 Professional and Vocational Training for Italian Engineers
The Italian legislation provides that Engineers must constantly update their professional training, achieving
every year, at least 30 Professional Credits (CFP).
The CNI (National Council of Engineers) has recognized the WLC15 high technical and scientific value usefulfor the vocational training of Engineers and has awarded 2 Professional Credits for each session attended
up to a maximum of 9 CFP. The LOC has authorized the participation of Engineers to WLC15 uponregistration and took care of the administrative aspects for the certification of attendance without any
financial charge.

6.13 Academy of Fine Arts “Pietro Vannucci” Prize
Art has always celebrated the environment and the nature of the lakes in all its forms. The LOC, together
with the Academy of Fine Arts, wanted to promote this awareness among the students of the courses ofGraphic Art, Engraving and Woodcut Techniques by organizing a competition on the main theme of theWLC15: "Lakes: the mirrors of the earth."
The technical and artistic support was coordinated by Marilena Scavissi and Stefano Mosena. The LOC
awarded the best three works with a symbolic prize in cash (€ 300.00). All the works of the students who
participated in the contest have been reproduced at the Typography Grifani Donati of Città di Castello(1799) and donated, as a souvenir of the initiative, to the participants of WLC15.

Figure 9 The ABA prize winners

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6.14 Exhibition
The exhibitions was hosted by the School of Law of the University of Perugia.

Figure 10 Exhibition boots at School of Law

The Exhibitors:

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6.15 Art Exhibitions

Figure 11 CERP Exhibition poster

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Aug.29 - Sept.21.2014, Exhibition Center of Rocca Paolina, Perugia (CERP Hall)
Lakedoc. Visual Storytelling Awards
Photographic exhibitions, awards, video projections and installations dedicated to the lakes
Art, research and exhibitions dedicated to lakes. Professional photographers, scholars, researchers andenthusiasts describe the lake from their point of view. A selection of photos and videos of lakes that had
participated in LakeDoc contest including the winners, was exhibited. An initiative meant to promote theculture of water and lake areas.

Figure 12 LakeDoc exhbition

Around the world in a shell
An exhibition by “Science and Technology Center of Perugia” (POST)
It was a fascinating journey of a shell in shell to show rare kinds of shells from all over the world. The
exhibition, organized by (POST), Science and Technology Center of Perugia, with the collaboration of the'Italian Association of Oceanology and Limnology (AIOL), which is a scientific society founded in 1972 topromote the collaboration between researchers that study about different disciplines of aquatic (bothcontinental and marine) ecosystems.

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Figure 13 Around the world in a shell

Internal Waters
Photographic project by Rolando Marini
The images of "internal waters" inquire the immaterial dimension of the lake landscape, far away from
intent or descriptive documentation. The alternation between the two techniques (high-contrast black andwhite and coloured tissue paper) wants to create a tension between two ways of interpreting thelandscape, to push the viewer to a meditative attitude, able to capture the path of abstraction expressed in
the works.

Figure 14 Exibition and Internal Water by Rolando Marini

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WLC15 PERUGIA - FINAL REPORTBest Practices for Lake
The best projects, best management practices for lakes“Best Practices for Lake" aims to identify and spread best practices for sustainable management of lakeareas, involving public authorities, professionals and other public and private entities that have made atangible contribution to environmental protection in perspective sustainability through projects, strategies,
governance and scientific know-how in the lake environment.

Linguistic Atlas of the Italian Lakes (ALLI)
Exhibition of scientific research project by Antonio Batinti, Ermanno Gambini, Antonello Lamanna
A geolinguistics and ethnolinguistics project that collects, documents and studies the life, history andlanguage of the communities living by the Italian lakesides. A scientific journey that in more than 30 yearsof research, has produced 50 publications opening new directions of interdisciplinary studies.
ABA Fine Arts Academy of Perugia
The artworks of the students of the Academy
The exhibition features the artworks of the students of Pietro Vannucci Fine Arts Academy of Perugia torepresent the Lakes through the artistic techniques of relief printing. The best works were awarded by the
Local Organizing Committee on the recommendation of the ABA artistic jury.

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6.16 Social Events
The Field trips to Lake Trasimeno and Marmore Falls was held on the 3rd of September
Trasimeno:
10:00 Visit of the "Oasi Naturalistica La Valle" in S. Savino and the Ichthyogenic Center in S. Arcangelo
12:40 Arrival in San Feliciano and boarding on the boat to the Polvese Island
13:00 - 15:30 Lunch and visit of the island
15:40 Boarding on the boat back to San Feliciano2
16:20 – 17:30 Arrival in Tuoro where participants will assist to the Historical Representation of the "Battleof the Lake"2
18:00 – 19:00 Arrival in Castiglione del Lago and visit of the Historical Center

Figure 16 Lake Trasimeno

Japanese Reception hosted by ILEC at Goldoniana Hall of Gallenga Palace, University for Foreigners ofPerugia.
Social dinner at La Penisola Country house, Corbara Lake on Sept. 4th“The Seasons of Love”, a show by ATMO Theatre Company which took place after the social dinner at La
Penisola’s garden on Sept.4th

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Figure 17 Cultural Performance by ATMO

Figure 18 Corbara Lake

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7 Committees
The International Scientific Committee is embodied by the following Scientists and Researchers:
Chair: Masahisa NAKAMURA (Shiga University)
Vice Chair: Walter RAST (Texas State University)
Members:
Nikolai ALADIN (Russian Academy of Science)
Sandra AZEVEDO (Brazil Federal University of Rio de Janeiro)
Riccardo DE BERNARDI (EvK2-CNR)
Salif DIOP (Cheikh Anta Diop University)
Fausto GUZZETTI (IRPI-CNR Perugia)
Zhengyu HU (Chinese Academy of Sciences)
Piero GUILIZZONI (ISE-CNR)
Luigi NASELLI-FLORES (University of Palermo)
Daniel OLAGO (University of Nairobi)
Ajit PATTNAIK (Chilika Development Authority)
Richard ROBARTS (World Water and Climate Foundation)
Adelina SANTOS-BORJA (Laguna Lake Development Authority)
Juan SKINNER (Lake Atitlan Basin Authority)
Tsugihiro WATANABE (Kyoto University)
The Local Organizing Committee is embodied by the following Scientists and Researchers:
Chair:Lucio UBERTINI (University of Rome “La Sapienza”)
Vice Chair: Piergiorgio MANCIOLA (University of Perugia)
Secretary General:
Arnaldo PIERLEONI
Yasue HAGIHARA
Secretariat
Executive Assistant and Coordinator: Valentina ABETE ----- secretary @ wlc15perugia.com
Dordaneh AMIN
Antonio ANNIS
Adriano ROSSIMembers:
Chiara BISCARINI (University for Foreigners of Perugia)
Fernando NARDI (University for Foreigners of Perugia)
Stefano CASADEI (University of Perugia)
Alessandro LUDOVISI (University of Perugia)
Salvatore GRIMALDI (Tuscia University)
Luigi NASELLI-FLORES (University of Palermo)
Gianluca PAGGI (Province of Perugia)
Communication Manager:
Antonello LAMANNA (Voxteca - University for Foreigners of Perugia)

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8 Partners
Organized by ILEC, USMA2007, University for Foreigners of Perugia, University of Perugia, Academy of Fine
Arts of Perugia, and the Board of Engineers of Perugia
Under the High Patronage of the President of the Italian Republic
Patronage
Italian Ministry for Environment and Protection of Land and Sea
United Nations World Water Assessment Programme
Umbria Region
Perugia Province
Municipality of Perugia
High Institution for Environment Protection and Research
National Research Council
National Council of Engineers
Regional Agency for Environmental Protection-Umbria
Regional Agency for Environmental Protection-Lazio
University of Perugia
University for Foreigners of Perugia
International Association of Hydrological Sciences
Italian Hydrotecnican Association
Italian Panel for Hydraulics (Gii)
Pietro Vannucci Fine Arts Academy of Perugia
Municipalities of Trasimeno Lake:- Tuoro sul Trasimeno;- Castiglion del Lago;- Passignano sul Trasimeno;- Magione;- Città della Pieve;- Panicale- Paciano- Piegaro
Italian Association for Diet and Clinical Nutrition “ADI”
Italian Cuisine Academy
Regional Board of Geologists-Umbria
Regional Board of Journalists-Umbria
Board of Engineers of Perugia
Departiment of Chemistry, Biology and Biotecnology – University of Perugia
Departiment of Civil and Environmental Engineering – University of Perugia
European Network of Universities (UNISCAPE)
Voxteca - Unifactory , University for Foreigners of Perugia
Media Partner – Agus

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Italian Association of Oceanology and Limnology (AIOL)

Chamber of Commerce of PerugiaBoard of Engineers Foundation

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Honors Center of Italian Universities (H2CU)

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9 Appendix: List of partecipants
Alade Abayomi
Bellylink oil and gas
suit 8 zone 4 plaza
Nigeria
bello1952@yahoo.com

Muzzalifah Abd Hamid
UNIVERSITI SAINS MALAYSIA
Malaysia

Motaleb Abdul
Bangladesh
sedad.1992@yahoo.com

Luiza Abreu
Universidade Federal de Minas
GeraisBrazil

Shan Aidang
Shanghai Jiao Tong University
School of Environmental Science andEngineering, No.800 DongchuanRoad, Shanghai
PR China
137499226@qq.com

Yoshitsugu Akabori
Shiga Prefectural Government
Japan

Aydin Akbulut
HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY
Faculty of Engineering DepartmentofEnvironmental
Engineering
Beytepe Ankara
Turkeyakbulut@hacettepe.edu.tr

Nuray Akbulut
Hacettepe University
TurkeyReyhan Akcaalan
Istanbul University Fisheries Faculty
Ordu cad. No:200
Turkeyrakcaalan@gmail.com

Nikolai Aladin
ILEC
1091 Oroshimo-choJapan
Nikolay.Aladin@zin.ru

Meric Albay
Istanbul University Fisheries Faculty
TurkeyCingolani Alessandra
ARPA Umbriaa.cingolani@arpa.umbria.it
Italya.cingolani@arpa.umbria.it

Kouraev Alexei
University of Toulouse
FranceSara Alimenti
Università degli Studi di Perugia
Via Pascoli, 60
Italysara.alimenti77@gmail.com

Francesca Alvisi
CNR-ISMAR
Via P. Gobetti, 101
Italyf.alvisi@ismar.cnr.it

Valentina Amorosi
ARPA LAZIOVia Saredo 52
Italyvalentina.amorosi@arpalazio.it

Maceo-Giovanni Angeli
IRPI-CNR
Via Madonna Alta, 126 Perugia
Italymaceogiovanni.angeli@cnr.it

Antonio Annis
Univ.for Foreign.of Perugia
Italy

Janet Anstee
CSIRO
GPO Box 1666
Australia
janet.anstee@csiro.auAndrea Aquino
Università degli Studi di Perugia
Via G. Duranti 93
Italy
aaquino@cotana.it

Maria Lourdes Aralar
SEAFDEC/AQD
Philippines

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WLC15 PERUGIA - FINAL REPORTGiuseppe Arduino
UNESCOFranceAdalbert Arsen
LEGOS
14 av Edouard Belin
Franceadalbert.arsen@gmail.com

Ruby Asmah
CSIR Water Research Institute
P. O. Box M. 32
Ghana
rubyasmah@yahoo.com

Hayakawa Atsushi
Akita Prefectural University
Kaidobata-Nishi
241-438,
Shimoshinjo-Nakano, Akita
Japanhayakawa@akita-pu.ac.jp

Luiz Otavio Azevedo
Fiocruz
R Dom Emanoel Gomes 520
Brazilazevedo@fiocruz.br

Sandra Azevedo
ILEC
1091 Oroshimo-choJapansazevedo@biof.ufri.br

Gilberto Barroso
Universidade Federal Espírito
Brazil

Sofia Bazanova
State Hydrological InstituteRussian Federation

Piotr Bednarczyk
Maria Sklodowska Curie University
PolandEck-Varanka Bettina
University of Pannonia
Hungary

Chiara Biscarini
university for foreigners
via XIV settembre
Italychiara.biscarini@unistrapg.it

Stephan Blank
Research Institute for Limnology,
University of InnsbruckMondseestrasse 9
Austria
stephan.blank@uibk.ac.at

Vinod Bodhankar
The Academic Advisors369/370, Om Sadan, 14 Kothrud,
Pune 411038 Maharashtra
Indiasagarmitra.taa@gmail.com

Angela Boggero
CNR-ISE
Italy

Antonio Boggia
University of Perugia
Borgo XX Giugno, 74
Italy
antonio.boggia@unipg.it

Paolo Braconi
Università degli Studi di Perugia
Via Armonica ,3Italy
paolo.braconi@unipg.it

Mariano Bresciani
CNR-IREA
Italy

Carsten Brockmann
Brockmann Consult GmbH
Max-Planck-Str. 2
Germany
carsten.brockmann@brockmannconsult.de

Lyubov Burlakova
Buffalo State College
349 Woodbridge Ave.
United States of America
burlakle@buffalostate.edu

Glenn Campbell
University of Southern Queensland
C/O West Street
Australia
glenn.campbell@usq.edu.au

Nadezhda Berezina
Zoolological
Institute,
Academy of Sciences
Russian Federation

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Camilla Capelli
Centro Ricerca e Conoscenza,
Fondazione E.Mach
Via Mach 1
Italycamilla.capelli@fmach.it

Stefano Casadei
Dipartimento di Ingegneria Civile e
Ambientale
Borgo XX Giugno, 74
Italy
stefano.casadei@unipg.it

Veronica Lucia Castaldo
Università degli Studi di Perugia
Via G. Duranti 93
Italy
vlcastaldo@cotana.it

Leonardo Cerasino
Fondazione Edmund Mach
via e. mach, 1
Italy
leonardo.cerasino@fmach.it

Christian Cesca
libero professionista
Italy

Fedra Charavgis
ARPA Umbria
Via Pievaiola, San Sisto, Perugia
Italyf.charavgis@arpa.umbria.it

Roberto Cherubini
Sapienza Università di Roma
via Cassia 240
Italyroberto.cherubini@uniroma1.it

Ornella Chiapponi
Arpalazio
Via Garibaldi 114
Italy
ornella.chiapponi@arpalazio.it

Clara Chidammodzi
Nagoya University Graduate Schoolof Environmental Studies
Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku
Japanlimbitso@yahoo.com

Stefano Chiesa
Siralab Robotics srl
Via Luigi Casale,snc
Italy
stefano.chiesa@eng.siralab.com

Liu Chunyan
Nagasaki University
Bunnkyoumachi 1-14,
Japan
Japan
ivy_ychliu@hotmail.com

Marco Cifrodelli
Dipartimento di Ingegneria Civile e
Ambientale
G. Duranti, 93
Italy
marco.cifrodelli@studenti.unipg.it

Alessandra Cingolani
Arpa Umbria
Italy

Marco Citelli
Università Bocconi
Italy

Goga Claudia
The Oltenia Museum Craiova
Str. Popa Sapca no. 8
Romania
ioneliagoga@yahoo.com

Luana Colacicchi
Arpalazio
via Salaria per L'Aquila 6,8
Italy
luana.colacicchi@arpalazio.it

Federico Rosario ConticelloSapienza
Via Eudossiana
Italy
federicorosario.conticello@yahoo.it

Roberta Corona
ARPA LAZIO
via GARIBALDI 114
Italyroberta.corona@arpalazio.it

Cristiana Costanzo
CRISTIANA COSTANZOVIA MADONNA DEL RIPOSO 38
Italy
cricosta1@virgilio.it

Pierangela Cristiani
RSE Ricerca sul Sistema Enegetico
V. Rubattino 54
Italypierangela.cristiani@rse-web.it

Maria Lourdes Cuvin Aralar
SEAFDEC/AQD
0167 Ynares St Dalig Batingan
Philippines
mcaralar@yahoo.com

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Robert Czerniawski
Uniwersytet SzczeciÅ„ski
Al. Papieża Jana Pawła II 22A
Polandczerniawski@univ.szczecin.pl

Yogesh Dabgar
R.R.Mehta College of Science &C.L.Parikh College of Commerce,
Palanpur
India

Sourya Das
Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology
and the Environment
Regional Office, Eastern Himalaya,
Khangsar Villa
India
souryadas.2005@gmail.com

Veronica De Santis
via del boietto 4
Italyveronica.desantis.pga@gmail.com

Arnold Dekker
CSIRO
Australia

Alessandra Delazari Barroso
BrazilValentina Della Bella
ARPA UMBRIA
Via C. A. Dalla Chiesa 32
Italyv.dellabella@arpa.umbria.it

Olga Derevenskaia
Kazan Federal University
Russian Federation

Elie Dhivert
GeHCO
parc grandmont
Franceelie.dhivert@gmail.com

Margherita Di Brizio
ARPA Umbria
Via Pievaiola
Italym.dibrizio@arpa.umbria.it

Federico Di Cosmo
Via Pineta n.6
Italy
federicodicosmo@gmail.com

Silvia Di Francesco
Unicusano
Via Gnocchi 3
Italysilvia.difrancesco@unicusano.it

Paolo Di Giacomo
Alpha Consult
Italy

Tullia Di Giacomo
Alpha Consult
Italy

Lucio Di Matteo
Università degli Studi di Perugia
Piazza dell'Università 1
Italy
lucio.dimatteo@unipg.it

John Garswah Dinapee
Bureau of National Empowerment of
Liberia
72nd Seventy Second Boulevard
Liberiabne.headquarter@gmail.com

Salif Diop
ILEC
1091 Oroshimo-choJapanesalidiop@gmail.com

Valentina Domysheva
Limnological Institute of SB RAS
3, Ulan-Batorskaya str.
Russian Federationhydrochem@lin.irk.ru

Zeynep Dorak
Istanbul University
ordu st., Istanbul
Fisheries
Faculty,Laleli/Istanbul
Turkeyzdorak@gmail.com

Walter Dragoni
Università degli Studi di Perugia
Piazza dell'Università 1
Italy
walter.dragoni@unipg.it

Pierluigi Duranti
aerRobotix
Strada Salga 38C
Italy
info@aerrobotix.com

University,
No:
200

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Georgios Efthimiou
T.E.I. of Sterea Hellas
3 Dimokratias
Greecegefthi@yahoo.gr

Tina Elersek
National institute of biology
Vecna pot 111
Slovenija
tina.elersek@nib.si

Esra Elifhacettepe university
Faculty of Engineering DepartmentofEnvironmental
Engineering
Beytepe Ankara
Turkeyesraelif@gmail.com

Maria Pythias Espino
University of the Philippines
Philippines

Ali Fadel
LEESU (UMR MA-102) Université
Paris-Est, Ecole des Ponts ParisTech,
AgroParisTech, F-77455
FranceAnna Maria Fagotti
Ordine Ingegneri Perugia
Italy

Maurizio Ferla
National Institute for Environmental
Protection and Research
Italy

Claudio Foglini
Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale
del Piemonte, Liguria e Valle d'Aosta
Via Bologna, 148
Italy
Claudio.Foglini@izsto.it

Gilberto Fonseca Barroso
Federal University of EspÃ-rito Santo
Av. Fernando Ferrari, 514,
Brazilgilberto.barroso@ufes.br

Elisabetta Fortunato
Università degli Studi della Basilicata
Italy

Wojciech Frątczak
RZGW w Warszawie
Zarzecze 13 B
Polandekorob@warszawa.rzgw.gov.pl

Phelan Fretz
ECHO Lake Aquarium and Science
CenterOne College Street
United States of America
pfretz@echovermont.org

Francesco Frondini
Università di Perugia
Italy

Takehiko Fukushima
Univ. of Tsukuba
1-1-1 TennoudaiJapanfukushima.takehik.fu@u.tsukuba.ac.jp

Elda Rosa Gaino
Department Chemistry, Biology,
Biotechnology - University of Perugia
Italy

Maria Elena M. Garces
WorldFish
SEAMEO-SEARCA,
College,
Banos, Laguna
Philippines
M.A.Santos@cgiar.org

Francis Gassert
World Resources Institute
10 G St NE
United States of America
fgassert@wri.org

Özcan Gaygusuz
Istanbul University Fisheries Faculty
TurkeyMenno Genseberger
Deltares
P.O. Box 177
Nederland
Menno.Genseberger@deltares.nl

Claudia Giardino
National Research Council - CNR IREA
Italy

Mattia Gelosia
Università degli Studi di Perugia
Via G. Duranti 93
Italy
gelosia@crbnet.it

Los

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Daniela Gigante
Università di Perugia, Dip. Chimica,
Biologia e Biotecnologie
via Elce di Sotto, 8
Italy
daniela.gigante@unipg.it

Michele Giglgioni
University of Rome La Sapienza
Via Eudossiana 18
Italy
michele.giglioni@uniroma1.it

Adeshina Giwa Shamusideen
BELLYINK OIL AND GASSUITE 8 ZONE 4 PLAZA
Nigeriajbalogun512@yahoo.co.uk

Cidália Gomes
CIIMAR - Interdisciplinary Centre of
Marine and Environmental Research
Rua dos Bragas, NÂº 289
Portugalg.cidalia@gmail.com

Luiza Gontijo Álvares de Campos
Abreu
Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
Rua Paracatu 1179/202 - Santo
Agostinho
Braziluhabreu@gmail.com

Enzo Goretti
Dip.
Chimica,
Biologiae
Biotecnologie - Università Perugia
Via Elce di Sotto
Italyenzo.goretti@unipg.it

Steven Greb
WDNR
1714 Labrador Rd.
United States of America
steven.greb@wi.gov

Salvatore Grimaldi
Centro H2CU
Via Eudossiana 18
Italy
salvatore.grimaldi@unitus.it

Konstantinos Gritzalis
Hellenic Centre for Marine Research
46.7 km Athens-Sounion Ave., 19013
Anavyssos, Attica, Greece
Greecekgritz@hcmr.gr

Steve Groom
Plymouth Marine Laboratory
Prospect Place
United Kingdom
SBG@pml.ac.uk

Dmitri Gudkov
Institute of Hydrobiology
UkraineCenk Gürevin
Istanbul University, Fisheries Faculty
Ordu Str. No: 200 Laleli-Fatih /Istanbul
Turkeycgurevin@istanbul.edu.tr

Giancarlo Gusmaroli
IRIS sas
Via Volterrana, 179-183
Italyg.gusmaroli@ecoingegno.it

Yasue Hagihara
ILEC
1091 Oroshimo-choJapanyhagihara@ilec.or.jp

Wu Hailu
Shanghai Jiao Tong University
School of Environmental Scienceand Engineering, Shanghai
PR China
wuhailu@sjtu.edu.cn

Kong Hainan
Shanghai Jiao Tong University
School of Environmental Science andEngineering, No.800 DongchuanRoad, Shanghai
PR China
wenhuanwu@foxmail.com

Hironori Hamanaka
ILEC
Japan

Landis Hare
INRS-ETE
4064 Ernest Fortier
Canadalandis@ete.inrs.ca

Rob Hart
UKZN
Ridge Road
South Africa
robhart@telkomsa.net

Michihito Hasegawa
Shiga Prefecture, Japan
Japan

Atsushi Hayakawa
Akita Prefectural University
Japan

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Thomas Heege
EOMAP GmbH & Co.KG
Schloss Seefeld Schlosshof 4Germany
heege@eomap.de

Cynthia Henny
Research Center for Limnology, LIPI
Jl. Raya Bogor km 46
Indonesia
cynthia_azis@yahoo.com

Nicolas Heymonet

Erin Hestir
North Carolina State University
United States of America

Annelies Hommersom
Water Insight
Marijkeweg 22
Nederlandhommersom@waterinsight.nl

Graeme Horrellga
NIWA
10 Kyle street
Aotearoagraeme.horrell@niwa.co.nz

Eszter Horváth
University of Pannonia
Egyetem str. 10.
Hungary
horvatheszter@almos.unipannon.hu

Zhengyu Hu
Inst.of Hydrobiology,CAS
South East-lake Rd.7#
PR China
huzy@ihb.ac.cn

Imai Ichiro
Kwanseigakuin University
c/o SPS, Kwanseigakuin Univ. 2-1
Gakuen, Sanda city, Hyogo Pref.,669-1337
Japan
z00002@kwansei.ac.jp

Cristina Imbroglini
Sapienza Università
di Roma
Dipartimento DIAP
Via Flaminia 359
Italy
cristina.imbroglini@uniroma1.it

Eiso Inoue
ILEC
1091 Oroshimo-choJapaninoue-e@lberi.jp

Achille Maria Ippolito
Sapienza Università di Roma
via Gramsci 53
Italy
achille.ippolito@uniroma1.it

Kanako Ishikawa
Lake Biwa Environmental Researh
Institute
5-34 YanagasakiJapanishikawa-k@lberi.jp

Yasuhisa Ishikawa
ILEC
1091 Oroshimo-choJapanishikawa-yasuhisa@pref.shiga.lg.jp

Tomoaki Itayama
Nagasaki University
Japan

Anna Izmailova
Limnology Institute RAS
Russia,St.-Petersburg,Str.
Sevastianova, 9Russian Federation
ianna64@mail.ru

Fumihiko Jiku
Ryukoku University
1-5 Yokotani Oecho Seta,Otsuciy,Shiga Prifecture 520-2194
Japan
jiku@rins.ryukoku.ac.jp

Sandeep Joshi
Shrishti Environment & Sustainability
Society
B-106, Devgiri, Ganesh Mala,
Sinhagad Road, Pune
India
saandiipjoshi@yahoo.com

Sayali Joshi
Shrishti Eco-Research InstituteB-106, Devgiri, Ganesh Mala,
Sinhagad Road, Pune
India
sayali@seriecotech.com

Susmit Joshi
SKN College of Engineering
D-16, Shivsagar Phase I, Manik Baug,Sinhagad Road, PuneIndia
susmit3011@gmail.com

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Alejandro Juarez
Institute Corazon de la Tierra
RAMON CASTANEDA 979
Mexicocorazondelatierra@gmail.com

Toshiaki Kagatsume
ILEC
Japan

Ioannis Kalavrouziotis
Helelnic Open University
Tsamadou 13-15 & Saint Andrea
Greeceikalabro@eap.gr

Milton Kampel
INPE-Funcate
Av Dr Joao Guilhermino 429, 9fl,
51619104 0001 10
Brazilmilton@dsr.inpe.br

Ayako Kanazawa
Universitty of Tsukuba
2-7-28-203 AmakuboJapans5laotourx@gmail.com

Jagdish Kapri
Pushkar Sarovar Samvardhani
India

Arduen Karagjozi
Ministry of Environment Albania(MoE)
Albania
arduen-karagjozi@hotmail.com

Alexander Karatayev
Buffalo State College
1300 Elmwood Ave.SAMC319
United States of America
karataay@buffalostate.edu

Vadim Karatayev
Cornell University
349 Woodbridge Ave
United States of America
vak32@cornell.edu

Mangesh Kashyap
Society for Environment Education
Research And Management
250-A/8,Varad, Shaniwar Peth,Pune.
India
mangeshkashyap11@gmail.com

Anara Kassymbekova
Nazarbayev University Research andInnovation System
8 Ryskulbekov street, apt 19
Kazakhstan
anara.kassymbekova@nu.edu.kz

Dimitra Kemitzoglou
Goulandris Natural History Museum
14thkm
Thessalonikis-Neas
Mihanionas
Greecedimitra@ekby.gr

Tatsumi Kitamura
Ibaraki Prefecture
978-6, Kasahara-choJapanta.kitamura@pref.ibaraki.lg.jp

Guenter Knackfuss
Springer-Verlag
Germany

Els Knaeps
VITO nv
Boeretang 200
Belgium
els.knaeps@vito.be

Latife Köker
Istanbul University
ordu st. Istanbul University, Fisheries
Faculty, no:200 laleli/Ä°stanbul
Turkeylatifekoker@gmail.com

Chiyo Komai
ILEC
1091 Oroshimo-choJapan
info@komaichiyo.net

hainan kongShanghai Jiao Tong University
PR China

Nora Kováts
University of Pannonia
Egyetem str. 10.
Hungary
kovats@almos.uni-pannon.hu

Elena Kuprienok
State Hydrological InstituteRussian Federation

Tiit Kutser
Estonian Marine Institute, Universityof Tartu
Mäealuse 14
Estoniatiit.kutser@sea.ee

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Esko Kuusisto
SYKE
Box 140
Greeceesko.kuusisto@environment.fi

Andrea Lami
Ev-K2-CNR
via San Bernardino 145
Italya.lami@ise.cnr.it

Dionysis Latinopoulos
Democritus University of Thrace
X. Mavromati 16
Greecedlatinopoulos@gmail.com

Anna Latsiou
ICHTHYOLOGISTG.PAPANDREOU
Greeceannalatsiou@gmail.com

Marco Le Foche
ARPA Lazio
Via Garibaldi 114 Rieti
Italymarco.lefoche@arpalazio.it

Francesca Lecce
ENEA C.R. Casaccia
Via Anguillarese 301,
Italy
francesca.lecce@enea.it

Barbara Leoni
DISAT-UNIMIB
piazza Scienza 1
Italybarbara.leoni@unimib.it

Vachira Lheknim
Department of Biology
Prince of Songkla University
Thailandvachira.l@psu.ac.th

Hebin Lin
ILEC
1091 Oroshimo-choJapanhebin.lin@gmail.com

Felipe Lobo
UVic
129 Medana St
Canadalobo@uvic.ca

Michal Lopata
University of Warmia and Mazury in
Olsztyn
2 Oczapowskiego Street
Polandmisiekl0805@op.pl

Regina Lupi
University of Perugia
via Pascoli, 20 Perugia
Italycanticus@unipg.it

Katarzyna Lzydorczyk
ERCE PAN
Tylna 3
Polandkizyd@biol.uni.lodz.pl

Stephen Maberly
NERC Centre for Ecology
Hydrology
Lancaster Environment Centre
United Kingdom
scm@ceh.ac.uk

Paolo Magi
Italy

Akashah Majizat
PUTRAJAYA CORPORATION
NO24, PUTRAJAYA CORPORATIONCOMPLEX, PRESINT 3
Malaysia
atak2005@gmail.com

Giorgio Mancinelli
University of Salento
Centro Ecotekne, Strada Provinciale
Lecce Monteroni
Italygiorgio.mancinelli@unisalento.it

Laura Mancini
Italian National Istitute of Healthviale regina elena 299
Italy
laura.mancini@iss.it

Piergiorgio Manciola
Dept.
of
Civil
Environmental
Engineering
Via Goffredo Duranti, 93
Italy
piergiorgio.manciola@unipg.it

Chris Mannaerts
University of Twente
Hengelosestraat 99
Nederlandc.m.m.mannaerts@utwente.nl

Mashhor Mansor
Malaysia66&

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Aldo Marchetto
ARPA Umbria
CNR-ISE Largo Tonolli 50
Italya.marchetto@ise.cnr.it

Angiolo Martinelli
ARPA Lazio
Via Garibaldi 114
Italyangiolo.martinelli@arpalazio.it

Gustavo Martinez
Agri. Exp. Stn., UPR
1193 Guayacan St
Puerto Ricotavomarti2011@gmail.com

Alessandro Masci
Italy

Riccardo Massarelli
Indipendent
Via del Grillo, 3
Italy
riccardo_massarelli@hotmail.com

Saburo Mastui
International Lake Environment
Committee Foundation (ILEC)
Japan

Satoru Matsumoto
ILEC
1091 Oroshimo-choJapansatmatsumoto@ilec.or.jp

Mark Matthews
University of Cape Town
South Africa

Wan Maznah
Universiti Sains Malaysia
School of Biological
Universiti Sains Malaysia
Malaysia
wmaznah@usm.my

Ami A. Meutia
Research Center for Humanity andNature1-14-37 Mano Fumon Otsu-shi,
Shiga-ken, JapanJapan
ami.meutia@gmail.com

Lorenzo Micheli
Sapienza Università di Roma
via Eudossiana 18
Italy
lorenzo.micheli@uniroma1.it

Hasegawa Michihito
ILEC
1091 Oroshimo-choJapanhasegawa-michihito@pref.shiga.lg.jp

Nakagawa Michitaka
ILEC
1091 Oroshimo-choJapan
dk00@pref.shiga.lg.jp

Maria Camilla Mignuoli--Circonvallazione Ostiense 146
Italycamillamignuoli@libero.it

Taizo Mikazuki
ILEC
1091 Oroshimo-choJapansuzaki-seiya@pref.shiga.lg.jp

Panchenko Mikhail
V.E. Zuev Institute of Atmospheric
Optics:Russian Federation

Nafisa Mingazova
Kazan (Volga region)
University
18, Kremlevskaya street
Russian Federation
nmingas@mail.ru

Takayuki Mochizuki
ILEC
1091 Oroshimo-choJapanmochizuki-takayuki@pref.shiga.lg.jp

Guy Modja
University de Lisala
BP. 9649 Kin 1
Zaire
muyuku@yahoo.fr

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Moe Miyake
ILEC
1091 Oroshimo-choJapanmiyake-moe@pref.shiga.lg.jp

Valeria Montesarchio
Unicusano
Via Gnocchi 3
Italyvaleria.montesarchio@unicusano.it

WLC15 PERUGIA - FINAL REPORTGiuseppe Morabito
CNR Institute for Ecosystem Study
Italy

Nicola Morgantini
ARPA Umbria
via Pievaiola, 207/B-3
Italyn.morgantini@arpa.umbria.it

Hiroshi Murata
Hiyoshi Corporation
908 KitanoshoJapanhiroshi@hiyoshi-es.co.jp

Simon Muserere
City of Harare,
Department
Zimbabwe

Giuseppe Muti
UniCAS - Dipartimento Economia e
Giurisprudenza
Via Sant'Angelo - Loc. Folcara
Italyg.muti@unicas.it

Fabrice A. Muvundja
University of Namur
Rue de Bruxelles 55
Belgium
amisimuv@yahoo.fr

Masao Nagasaka
Kanazawa Seiryo Univ.
Ushi Gosho-machi Kanazawa
Japannagasaka@seiryo-u.ac.jp

Michitaka Nakagawa
Shiga Prefectural Government, Japan
Japan

Shoichi Nakajima
AKANOIJapan

Masahisa Nakamura
ILEC
1091 Oroshimo-choJapanmasahisa@mub.biglobe.ne.jp

Katsura Nakano
Shiga University
1-1-1, Baba, HikoneJapanknakano@biwako.shiga-u.ac.jp

Francesco Napolitano
DICEA - Sapienza
Via Eudossiana 18
Italy
francesco.napolitano@uniroma1.it

Fernando Nardi
H2CU, Honors Center of Italian
Universities
Via Eudossiana
Italy
fernando.nardi@unistrapg.it

Luigi Naselli-Flores
ILEC
1091 Oroshimo-choJapanluigi.naselli@unipa.it

Mikhail Naumenko
Limnology InstituteAcademy of Sciences
Russian Federation

Osuagwu Kingsley Nduka
ST FRANCIS XAVIER SOLICITORS AND
ADVOCATES
38 MAMBOLO STREET WUSE ZONE 2
ABUJA
Nigeriabarristerosuagwu@yahoo.co.uk

Giacomo Nencioni
Università per Stranieri di Perugia
Via Baracca 25
Italy
giacomo.nencioni@gmail.com

Gani Nessipbekov
Nazarbayev University Research andInnovation system
53 Kabanbay batyr ave
Kazakhstangani.nessipbekov@nu.edu.kz

Daniele Nizzoli
University of Parma
Viale delle Scienze 11/A
Italy
daniele.nizzoli@unipr.it

Anthony B. Obligado
WorldFish
SEAMEO-SEARCA,
College,
Banos, Laguna
Philippines
dabar.project@gmail.com

Olga Odereven
Kazan Federal University
Kremlin str. 18
Russian Federationoderevenskaya@mail.ru

Harare

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Daniel Odermatt
Odermatt & Brockmann GmbH
Stüssistrasse 83
Swissdaniel.odermatt@brockmannconsult.de

Thomas Ofenboeck
MA 45 - Wiener Gewaesser
Wilhelminenstrasse 93
Austria
thomas.ofenboeck@wien.gv.at

Hironori Ogata
Ministry of the Environment
2-11-19-1102 Higashiooizumi
Japan
HIRONORI_OGATA@env.go.jp

Godfrey Ogonda
ILEC
1091 Oroshimo-choJapanogonda@osienala.org

Takashi Ohmura
Ministry of the Environment
2-11-19-1102 Higashiooizumi
Japantakashi_omura@env.go.jp

Yutaka Oi
ILEC
1091 Oroshimo-choJapanyymail24yasu@rr.em-net.ne.jp

Daniel Olago
ILEC
1091 Oroshimo-choJapandolago@uonbi.ac.ke

Cioboiu Olivia
The Oltenia Museum Craiova
str. Popa Sapca no. 8
Romania
oliviacioboiu@gmail.com

Kirsten Olrik
Miljøbiologisk Laboratorum Aps
Henningsens Allé 2 C
Danmarkkirsten.olrik@k-olrik.dk

Nor Aisyah Omar
Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM)
Malaysia

Obiero Onganga
ILEC
1091 Oroshimo-choJapanoonganga@osienala.net

Dario Orlando
University of Rome La Sapienza
Via Eudossiana 18
Italy
dario.orlando@uniroma1.it

Virginia Ortalli
Università degli studi di Genova
Piazza Garibladi 3h
Italy
ortalli.virginia@gmail.com

Akihiko Oyama
ILEC
1091 Oroshimo-choJapanoyama-akihiko@pref.shiga.lg.jp

Moses Oyier
ILEC
1091 Oroshimo-choJapanoyierkilli2@yahoo.com

Rosalba Padula
ARPA Umbia
Via Pievaiola str.San Sisto
Italyr.padula@arpa.umbria.it

Stephanie Palmer
BalatonLimnological
Institute,
Hungarian Academy of Sciences
Centre for Ecological Research
Klebelsberg K. u. 3
Hungary
stephanie.palmer@okologia.mta.hu

Mikhail Panchenko
V.E. Zuev Institute of Atmospheric
Optics1,Academician Zuev Square
Russian Federation
pmv@iao.ru

Sajid Pareeth
Fondazione Edmund Mach
Via Edmund Mach, 1, San Michele
All'adigeItalysajid.pareeth@fmach.it

Ramon Pedro P. Paterno
National Institutes of Health
623 P. Gil Street,Ermita
Philippines
rpppaterno@gmail.com

Anil Patil
Maharashtra Vikas Kendra
Pebbles, A-901, Patil Nagar,
Bavdhan, Pune
India
panil999@yahoo.com

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Ajit Pattnaik
ILEC
1091 Oroshimo-choJapanajitpattnaik13@gmail.com

Tamlin Pavelsky
UNC
1515 E Franklin St Apt 35
United States of America
pavelsky@unc.edu

Simone Pedrazzi
Italy

Vincenzo Pellegrino
Regione Piemonte - Direzione Risorse
Umane e Patrimonio
Corso Regina Margherita, 174
Italy
vincenzo.pellegrino@regione.piemonte.it

Kim Van Phan
Institute of Geological Sciences,
Vietnam Academy of Science andTechnology
VietnamGloria Pignatta
Università degli Studi di Perugia
Via G. Duranti 93
Italy
gpignatta@cotana.it

Monica Pinardi
Department of Life Sciences-University of
Parma
Parco Area delle Scienze 33/A
Italy
monica.pinardi@unipr.it

Anna Laura Pisello
CIRIAF - University of Perugia, Italy
Italy

Sandra Poikane
EC JRC
via zenale 10
Italy
sandra.poikane@jrc.ec.europa.eu

Eirini Politi
University of Dundee
Procurement Office, 3rd Floor Tower,
Nethergate
United Kingdom
e.politi@dundee.ac.uk

Enrico Pompili
Università degli Studi di Perugia
Via G. Duranti 93
Italy
pompili@crbnet.it

Kathrin Poser
Water Insight
Marijkeweg 22
Nederland
poser@waterinsight.nl

Camilla Puccinelli
Italian National Istitute of Healthviale regina elena 299
Italy
camilla.puccinelli@iss.it

Elena Quadri
Università per Stranieri di Perugia
Italy

Erica Racchetti
Life
Science
Department
University of Parmaviale G.P.Usberti 11A
Italy
erica.racchetti@unipr.it

Jackson Raini
ILEC
1091 Oroshimo-choJapanjraini2002@yahoo.com

Walter Rast
ILEC
1091 Oroshimo-choJapanwalterrast@hotmail.com

Lara Reale
University of Perugia, Dipartimento
di Chimica, Biologia e Biotecnologie
Via Elce di sotto 8
Italy
lara.reale@unipg.it

Anu Reinart
Tartu Observatory
Observatooriumi 1
Estonia
anu.reinart@to.ee

Spela Remec-Rekar
Slovene Environment Agency
Vojkova 1b
Slovenija
spela.remec-rekar@gov.si

Inge Retnowati
Ministry of Environment
Jl. DI Panjaitan Kav. 24, Kebon Nanas,
Jakarta Timur, Jakarta 13410
Indonesia
inge_retnowati@yahoo.com

70ofWLC15 PERUGIA - FINAL REPORTElena Ridolfi
Sapienza University of Rome
via Eudossiana 18
Italy
elena.ridolfi@uniroma1.it

Alexandra Rizhinashvili
St.Petersburg State University
Russian Federation

Richard Robarts
ILEC
1091 Oroshimo-choJapanrdrobarts@shaw.ca

Michela Rogora
CNR Institute of Ecosystem Study
L.go Tonolli 50
Italym.rogora@ise.cnr.it

Richard Kipsang Rop
ILEC1091 Oroshimo-choJapanrichrop66@yahoo.com

Maurizio Rosati
Italy

Giampaolo Rossetti
UniversitÃ di Parma - Dip. Bioscenze
Via Parco Area delle Scienze 11a
Italy
giampaolo.rossetti@unipr.it

Roberta Rossi
Università di Perugia
Dipartimento di Chimica, Biologia e
Biotecnologie, via Elce di Sotto
Italyrobertarossipg@gmail.com

Matteo Ruocco
Università di Modena e Reggio
Emiliavia Campi 213/d
Italymatteo.ruocco@unimore.it

Fabio Russo
Sapienza Universita' di Roma - H2CU
via Eudossiana 18
Italy
fabio.russo@uniroma1.itGülşah SaçIstanbul University
Institute of Sciences, Vezneciler,
Istanbul, Turkey
Turkeygulsahsac@gmail.com

Elnur Safarov
Institute of Geography Azerbaijan
National Academy of Sciences
31, H.Javid str.,
Azerbayjan
e_safarov@hotmail.com

Elvira Saja
Studio di architettura Saja Giusepe
via mezzasalma 1 torregrotta(messina)
Italy
elvirasaja86@hotmail.it

Pramod Salaskar
NAUSHADALISAROVARSAMVARDHINI
C/206, Bijal CHS., Ramchandra Nagar
No.1, Thane (West) - 400 604
India
powai_mumbai@yahoo.co.in

Franco Salerno
IRSA-CNR
Via del Mulino 19 Località Ochhiate
Italysalerno@irsa.cnr.it

Miquel Salgot
Univ. Barcelona
Edafologia, Fac Farmacia. Joan XXIII
s/n
Spain
salgot@ub.edu

Nico Salmaso
IASMA Research and Innovation
Centre Fondazione Mach-Istituto
AgrarioVia E. Mach, 1
Italynico.salmaso@fmach.it

Adelina Santos-Borja
ILEC
1091 Oroshimo-choJapanlennieborja@yahoo.com

Alessandra Santucci
ARPA Umbria
Via Pievaiola, San Sisto 207 B/3
Italy
a.santucci@arpa.umbria.it

Claudia Sardella
Sapienza Università di Roma
via Gramsci 53
Italy
cldsardella@gmail.com

Francesca Scannone
Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei
via Aldo Moro, 1
Italy
francesca.scannone@feem.it

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Blake Schaeffer
U.S.
Environmental
Protection
AgencyUnited States of America

Karin Schenk
EOMAP GmbH Co.& KG
Schlosshof 4Germanyschenk@eomap.de

Samuele Schiavoni
CIRIAF
Via G. Duranti 93
Italy
schiavoni.unipg@ciriaf.it

Martin Schmid
Eawag
Seestrasse 79
Swissmartin.schmid@eawag.ch

Martin Schultze
Helmholtz-Centre for Environmental
Research, Department Lake Research
Brueckstrasse 3aGermany
martin.schultze@ufz.de

Kinta Sekiguchi
HORIBA,Ltd.
2 Miyanohigashi, Kisshoin, Minamiku
Japankinta.sekiguchi@horiba.com

Zati Sharip
National Hydraulic Research Instituteof Malaysia
Lot 5377, Jalan Putra Permai
Malaysia
zati@nahrim.gov.my

Subodh Sharma
Kathmandu University
Nepal

Wei Shi
NOAA/NESDIS
United States of America

Chiemi Shibata
ILEC
1091 Oroshimo-choJapan
info@knw.jp

MARIA Sighicelli
ENEA
Via Anguillarese 301, 00123
Italy
maria.sighicelli@enea.it

Hermono Sigit
Ministry of Environment Indonesia
Kementerian Lingkungan Hidup Jl. DI
Panjaitan Kav. 24 Kebon Nanas
Jakarta Timur 13410
Indonesia
hermono_sigit@yahoo.com

Eugene Silow
Irkutsk State University
Lenin Str., 3
Russian Federation
eugenesilow@gmail.com

Sergio Antonio Silva Muñoz
UniversidaddeGuanajuato,
Departamento de Ingeniería Civil
MexicoStefan Simis
Plymouth Marine Laboratory
Prospect Place
United Kingdom
stefan.simis@ymparisto.fi

Juan Skinner
ILEC
1091 Oroshimo-choJapanjskinner@amsclae.gob.gt

Ł•ukasz Sługocki
Uniwersytet Szczecinski
Al. Papieża Jana Pawła II 22A
Polandlukasz.slugocki@univ.szczecin.pl

Wojciech Sobolewski
Maria Curie-Sklodowska University
PolandRuben Sommaruga
Ev-K2-CNR
via San Bernardino 145
Italyruben.sommaruga@uibk.ac.at

Catherine Souty-Grosset
UMR7267 CNRS
5 rue Albert Turpin
Francecatherine.souty@univ-poitiers.fr

Nicoletta Stradaioli
University of Perugia
Via Pascoli
Italynicoletta77@alice.it

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Adrian Strauch
University of Bonn
Meckenheimer Allee 166
Germany
astrauch@uni-bonn.de

Valentina Stufara
ARPA Umbria
Italy

Junyao Sun
University of Stirling
3D Bruce street
United Kingdom
junyao.sun@stir.ac.uk

Sunil Suryavanshi
Astitva Shakshnik Samajik Vikas
SansthaNav Chaitanya Shilp CHS, R-56, G-01,
Sudarshan Nagar, MIDC, Dombivli
India
avdhootsk@yahoo.com

Ignasius Sutapa
Asia Pacific Centre for Ecohydrology(APCE) - UNESCO
Indonesia

Hisashi Takahashi
Kahokugata Lake Institute86-11 ro kidu
Japant-hisashi@sky.plala.or.jp

Nanae Takahashi
Kahokugata Lake InstituteJapan

Toshio Takishita
Kasumigaura Citizens Association
1109-2 funakoJapantakitosi0620@mrj.biglobe.ne.jp

Ali Serhan TarkanMuğla Sıtkı Koçman UniversityMuğla Sıtkı Koçman University,
Faculty of Fisheries. Kötekli, Muğla
Turkeyserhantarkan@gmail.com

Gianni Tartari
CNR-IRSAVia del Mulino 19
Italy
tartari@irsa.cnr.it

Sara Taviani
Università Roma Tre
Viale Giulio Cesare 27
Italysara.taviani@uniroma3.it

Kazue Tazaki
Kahokugata Lake InstituteTawara, Kanazawa, ishikawa
Japankazuet@cure.ocn.ne.jp

Simona Teodori
ARPA Lazio
via Salaria Per L'Aquila 6/8
Italy
simona.teodori@arpalazio.it

Bertha Thaler
Provincial Environmental Protection
AgencyVia Sottomonte 2Japanbertha.thaler@provinz.bz.it

Jeffrey A. Thornton
Intl Envt Mgmt Srvcs Ltd
P O Box 510373
United States of America
iems@aol.com

Rocco Tiberti
University of Pavia
Via Ferrata 1
Italy
rocco.tiberti@gmail.com

Monica Tolotti
Fondazione Edmund Mach
Via Mach 1
Italy
monica.tolotti@fmach.it

Fabrizio Toppetti
Sapienza Università di RomaVia Flaminia 359
Italyfabrizio.toppetti@fastwebnet.it

Elena Tricarico
Italy

Andrew Tyler
1 Clement Load
Dunblane
United Kingdom
a.n.tyler@stir.ac.uk

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Lucio Ubertini
H2CU, Honors Center of Italian
Universities
via Eudossiana 18
Italylucio.ubertini@uniroma1.it

Yohei UEDA
University of Shiga PrefectureJapan

Rob Uittenbogaard
Deltares
Rotterdamseweg 185
Nederlandrob.uittenbogaard@deltares.nl

Naoki Umezawa
Shiga University
Japan

Maria Urbanska
Poznań University of Life Sciences
ul. Wojska Polskiego 28
Polandurbanska@up.poznan.pl

Motoo Utsumi
Univ. of TSUKUBA
Tennoudai 1-1-1
Japan
utsumi.motoo.ge@u.tsukuba.ac.jp

Felipe Valderrama Escallón
Fundacion Humedales
Calle 81 NÂº 19A-18. Oficina 301
Colombiafvalde@fundacionhumedales.org

Vuglinskii Valerii
State Hydrological institute2 nd Line 23
Russian Federation
vvuglins@mail.ru

Sanjay Vediya
P.G.Center in Botany, Sir P.T.Science
College, Modasa
India

Sara Venturi
CIPLA, Centro Interuniversitario Per
L'Ambiente
Piazza dell'Università 1
Italy
sarvent@gmail.com

Vittorio VincentiFree Lance
Italy

Daniela VitielloUniversità La Sapienza
Italy

Sean Waters
University of Canterbury
32 Trelissick Loop, Castle Hill Village
Aotearoaalex.waters@pg.canterbury.ac.nz

Gladys Wekesa
Ministry of Environment, Water andNatural Resources, Kenya
Kenya

He Xiaojuan
Shanghai Jiao Tong University
School of Environmental Science andEngineering, No.800 DongchuanRoad, Shanghai
PR China
249716843@qq.com

Minoru Yamada
ILEC
1091 Oroshimo-choJapanminx@ao.gmobb.jp

Satoru Yamakawa
Kabata386 Harie, Sinasahi - choJapanyama-gos@amber.plala.or.jp

Naoya Yamamoto
ILEC
1091 Oroshimo-choJapannyamamoto@ilec.or.jp

Sui Yanming
Shanghai Jiao Tong University
School of Environmental Science andEngineering, No.800 DongchuanRoad, Shanghai
PR China
838744453@qq.com

Sato Yarai
Terra Corporation
Shinagawaku Kitashinagawa 5-8-15218
Japan
yarai_sato@mue.biglobe.ne.jp

Ueda Yohei
Shiga University
1-1-1, baba, c/o Katsura NakanoJapansoramimidori@hotmail.co.jp74

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Akabori Yoshitsugu
ILEC
1091 Oroshimo-choJapanmori-toshihiko@pref.shiga.lg.jp

Macrina T. Zafaralla
University of the Philippines
Institute of Biological Sciences,
College
Philippines
macrina_zafaralla@yahoo.com

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Matteo Zampieri
CMCC
Italy