-∴-∵-∴-∵-∴-∵-∴-∵-∴-∵- August 9th, 2024
ILEC e-zine - Save Water, Save Lakes International Lake Environment Committee Foundation (ILEC)-∴-∵-∴-∵-∴-∵-∴-∵-∴-∵-∴-∵-∴-∵-∴□■ Vol. 61 ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━Join Us Online: From Lake Biwa to the world -“SLM Forum: Promoting SLM (Sustainable LakeManagement): Co-Creating a Better Future”━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━■□■Date & Time: Saturday, September 28th, 2024 10:00 am - 3:00 pm (JST / UTC +9)■Language: English■Fee: Free
■Host: International Lake Environment Committee Foundation (ILEC)■Contact: ILEC (Tel: +81-77-568-4567

Email: infoilec@ilec.or.jp)■Flyer: https://www.ilec.or.jp/wp-content/uploads/E_SLM-Week-Flyer.pdf■Registration link: https://tinyurl.com/msspjhkc
Following the resolution of the UN Environment Assembly, initiatives on “Sustainable Lake Management(SLM)” have been gaining momentum globally. At the 2023 UN Water Conference, climate change
adaptation and water quality improvement were central themes, leading to a proposal for the establishmentof “World Lake Day.”
In response to this momentum, ILEC will organize “SLM Week - Promoting SLM: Co-Creating a Better
Future” from September 25th (Wednesday) to 28th (Saturday), 2024.
This year, ILEC has focused on capacity building, aiming to expand youth engagement and networks.
Participants from six countries will engage in environmental conservation activities (ecotourism,environmental education, citizen participation, etc.) in the Lake Biwa-Yodo River Basin, affirming the roleof youth in SLM. Additionally, preparations are underway for the 20th World Lake Conference (WLC20) inBrisbane, Australia in July next year, focusing on launching a youth platform to enhance awareness andpromote behavioral change.

On the final day, September 28th (Saturday), the “SLM Forum” will be held in a hybrid format. In addition
to youth activities, presentations, and discussions by international experts, government officials, andinternational organizations will focus on themes such as “Source-to-Sea,” “World Lake Day,” and “CapacityBuilding.” Please join us. For details on online viewing, please refer to the flyer.
-----------------------------------------ILEC will be closed for the summer period from Tuesday, August 13th to Friday, August 16th.
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For the fiscal year 2024, we have received support from 14 organizations (Sponsors: 1, Donors: 13)

as ofAugust 8th: https://www.ilec.or.jp/en/support
We are currently running a special support campaign to help young people and those from developing
countries participate in the 20th World Lake Conference. Your support will provide opportunities for many
individuals to participate and contribute to the future of lakes. We sincerely appreciate your support.
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