UNEP-ILEC Special Session at the 18th World Lake Conference,
Guanajuato, Mexico“Mainstreaming Lakes and Wetlandsin the Global Water Agenda and SDGs”★You need to register in order to receive the electronic link to the conference.
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Date & Time

November 10, 2021: 16:00-19:00（Mexican Time: UTC-6)
Online Live and On-Demand (via WLC18 Online Platform)

Venue

16:00
Opening
Messages
16:10
Introduction(with Spanish Simultaneous Interpretation)

UNEP Representative (On behalf of Executive Director, Inger Andersen)

Kazuhiko Takemoto (President, ILEC Foundation)“Why Mainstreaming?”
Walter Rast (Chair, ILEC Scientific Committee)

”Overview on the State of World’s Lakes and Emerging Challenges”
Patrick M’Mayi (Science Division, UNEP)

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16:40
GlobalOverview“The Global Wetland Outlook-Providing a Context for Wetland
Management & Policy”
Max Finlayson (ILEC Scientific Committee)

“Lake Eutrophication Trends and Health Impacts, with Focus on
Latin Americas”
Sandra Azevedo (ILEC Scientific Committee)

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17:25
Messages fromInternational
Organizations

17:50

Short Presentations in Support of Lake Mainstreaming Statement

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Messages from
Latin Americanand AsianGovernments

18:50

Closinga.

Thomas Schaefer (Living Lakes Program Manager, Global Nature Fund (GNF))

b.

Thomas Mehner (President, International Society of Limnology (SIL))c.

Christian Holde Severin (Coordinator-International Waters, The Global
Environment Facility(GEF))

d.

Jerker Tamelander (Secretariat of the Convention on Wetlands)

Message from Latin American National Governmentsa.

Mariano Castro Sánchez -Moreno (Vice Minister of Environment
Management, Peru)b.

Zulma Esperanza Mena Aguilar (Ministry of Environment and NaturalResources, El Salvador)c.

Representative from Guatemala

Message from Asiaa.

Helmi Basalamah (Director General of Watershed Management and Forest
Rehabilitation, Ministry of Environment and Forestry, Indonesia)b.

Kotaro Kawamata (Director, Water Environment Management Division,
Ministry of the Environment, Japan)c.

Report on the International Webinar on Mainstreaming Lakes in the Global
Agenda by A. Santos-Borja (Vice Chair, ILEC Scientific Committee)

The “Way Forward” and Closing

Contact：

International Lake Environment Committee( (ILEC)

“Mainstreaming Lakes and Wetlands inthe Global Water Agenda and SDGs”

Background and Purpose
This Special Session will highlight UNEP and ILEC programs and activities
regarding the state of the world’s lakes and wetlands, and themanagement challenges to their sustainable use, as well as highlighting
their essential roles in achieving the SDGs. It also highlights the urgent
need to recognize them as a significant missing link in the Global Water
Agenda. The Session will introduce a brochure and also a revised versionof the “Call to Action Statement” on this topic. Other Session
components include a global overview of the state of the world’s
wetlands, and global eutrophication trends and health impacts. Relevant
perspectives on mainstreaming lakes needs will be provided by Latin
American, Asia and African representatives, and highlights from a rangeof clips from government and international organizations participating ina previous global webinar on this topic will be presented.
In addition to messages previously received from WHO, FAO and other
UN/UN-related international agencies such as the World Bank, GlobalEnvironment Facility (GEF) and various international scientificorganizations and NGOs, including the International Society of Limnology(SIL) and Global Nature Fund (GNF), will also provide their perspectives
and support for this initiative. The Session will be closed by recognizing
the importance of continued efforts to realize productive deliberations atforthcoming global meetings, including the 5th United Nations Assembly(UNEA5) planned for February 2022 and the 9th World Water Forumplanned for March 2022.