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＝PromotingSustainableLakeManagement＝ThisNewsletterisalsoavaiLableinJapanese・

SeSSionsscheduled．
Whenit rains，it poursIActivity has risento afrenetic
PaCeatlLECasmanykeyevents100mOnthehorizon・
22to26June：lLEC willco−host thelOth World Lake
Hereis asummary：manyOfthefoElowLng aCtivities are
Conference with thelnternationalAssociation for Great
describedindetailinthisnewsletter．
Lakes Research．The conference，Which willbe heldin
9tollDecember：TheWorld Banklnstitutewillhold a
WOrkshop at the LLEC Secretariat on PracticalEnvironmentalCompIIanCeandEnforcementApproaches
focuslngOnJapaneselessonsforAsiancountries・
15to18December：Therewillbe aWorld Lake Vision
Symposiumforthegeneralpublicon15Decemberatthe
Lake Biwa Museum，The following three days are

ChicagoontheshoresofLakeMichigan，issomewhatofa homecomlng−the2nd World Lake Conference was
heldatMackinacin1986．
0veraI［，itisgratifyingtostepbackandtoseehowlakes
are finally becoming prominent on the international
agenda，Hopefully，SuCCeSSOVerthenextfewmonthsand
yearswmleadtoaworldwithsustainab．ymanagedlakes！

dedicatedtomeetingsoftheWorld Lake
Vision Drafting Committee，Which willbe
developingthe4th（andnearfinaI）draftof
theWorld LakeVision．

13to14January：Thefirststeering
COmmittee meeting forthe new GEF−
fundedLakeBasinManagementlnitiative
issettobeheldinWashington，DCatthe

∴、、‥

■・

WorldBankHeadquarters■
16to23March：The3rd World Water
ForumwillbeheldinILEC sbackyardin
Kyoto，Osaka，and Shiga・While we】amented thelow profiLe oflakes atthe
previous World Water Forum in theHague（March2000），itseemsthe hard
WOrkofmany lakepeople haspaidoff−
there are approximately81ake−related

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Meetings were heldin Cleveland and Chicagoin Octoberto discuss theconstitution of the lOth World Lake Conference and the contents of the World
Lake Vision（WLV）．Mr．Matsumoto of］LEC，Mr．Yamanaka ofthe Shiga
PrefecturalGovemment and some draftcommittee membersforthe WLV met
With members ofthe GLC（GreatLakesConference）and SOLEC（State Of
Lake Environment Conservation）to discuss a number of matters．Moreinformationisavailableatthe rLECwebsite，
Pleasevisit hltp：／／www．ilec．or，jp／eg／wIc．htmlfornewson the World Lake
Conference，and http：／／www．ilec．or．jp／wwf／forinformation ontheWorld Lake
Vision．

ParticipantsattheCevelandmeetng︵ン︑−

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丈て∴き＼＼ノ〉三∴二／、ノAfteraseriesofvigrousdiscussionsatthemeetinginCleveland（Seeabove），thebasic
StruCtureOftheWorldLakeVisionwasdeve10PedandcompiEedntotheWLV（Version3．0），
ThisnewversionisnowpostedatthefoIIowlngaddress：（WWW．ilec．or．jp／wwf／）

WLV（Version3．0）ismadeupofthefoIEowingfoursections：1．IntT OductiontotheWorld LakeVision
2LMajorCharlengesFacingLakes
3．PrincIPlesforAction

4，ACarlt（

OAction−PromisingStrategleSandOpportunities

Section 3 r repEacesthe

andiscarled

NeededCommitmentsandlnitiatives
rPrincIPlesforAction inthisversion・

sectioninthepreviousversion

The3rdEnvironmentalEducation

FocusedonAquaticEnvironment for
Tertiary LevelTeaching Staff was
COnCludedatacloslng CeremOnyOn
October25th at OSIC（JFCAOsakalntemationalCenter），Theeight−Week
COurSe WaS attended by eighttrainees from seven countries．Whilethecoursewasconsidered asuccess

Shiga Prefecture where Lake Biwa
resides．
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WOnderedwhereexactrylfitasfaras￠

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the environmentinJapanwould behighlypolrutedbyfactoriesa11aroundenvironmental education isthe country・When staylngin
COnCerned・As a result of my Kusatsu，my aCCOmmOdation faced
Participationinthe3rd Environmental
the beautifulLake Biwa wherelsaw
EducationcoursefocusedonAquatic
Environment，lam now very wellawonderfulharmonyofthe naturaland modern world．1quickry realized
byeveryone，intruthitwi onlybea
POSitioned and poisedtochampIOnthat my expectations weresuccess if the trainees can use thethe cause of environmental
misleading．
knowledgetheygained hereintheireducation．EnvironmentalprobIems
0f course，a Clean environment
native environment． Here areare very complex and therefore
CannOt eXist without strong
comments about the course from twoneedsalldisciplines（History，Biology，
environmentareducation（EE）amongt「ainees．
Physics，Japanese citizens，L have seen thatEE starts at an early age allowlng
StUdents to make environment a●lD．Kofi●

significant part in their●●Essumang，

judgement values・During
theeightweeksinJapan，l●● Ghana● ● ◎ ◎ 0 0 ● ● ● ●AsIsatthroughhave been trainedin
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ranglng from global

realized that any
environmental

warming to microbiologygy
Of the rakes．1have had

education program
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exchanged ideas and experiences
approach should be practical andWiththeotherparticipants．
Socio10gy，eVen reFigion etc．）to getfield−SurVey Oriented．Learners
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invoIved jn addressing theShould be glVen the chance todifferentfrom my homecountry，Weenvironmentaldegradation，Observe for themseEves the situation
Stil［have a very wellpreserved
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environment in Laos because of theto make better choices andinfoT med
exposed me to the methods of
SmalIpopuration andindustry，Whiledecisions・Theyshou［d be guidedto
environmentaleducationpresentation
inindustriaIizedJapanenvironmentis
testforthequalityofthewaterthey
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WaStetheythrowawayandthetypes
terms with my situation．With theJapan ssuccess，andlam confident
Of diseases that result fromknowledgeIhave acquired，lwilr
thatknowledgelhavelearntherecan
environmentalmismanagement，Thisencourage my colleagues in all
befinelyadaptedin mycountryfor
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Choosethe kindofenvironmentthey
Education considerations in their
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deveEopment．

reSOu「CeS．

1LECwillbetheexecuting agency （2）lmplementation
managementapproaches
fora newIy approved GEF pro］eCt
The proJeCt falrs under GEF④contributetothe3rd World Water
Called TowardsaLakeManagement
OperationalPrograms
No．10，
Forum and the World Lakelnitiativein Supportofthe3rdWorrd
Conferences
Water Forum：Sharing Experiences Contaminant Based，and willbe
and EarlyLessonsin GEFand non− implementedbytheWor］dBankona
The main pro］eCt aCtivities forgEobalscale and executed bylLEC
GEF Lake Basin Management
P「ojects ■．

through colraboration with a US
NGO，LakeNet，

1．Whatis GEF？
（3）Costandduration
GEF（G10balEnvironment Facility）
WaS eStablishedin1991，tO PrOVide
funds for protecting the earth senvironmentstodeveloplngCOuntries
byinternationalorganizations such1）Biodiversity10SS，2）Climate‑ data collection and establishment ofan e−forum

Totalfundingforthe proJeCtisset
at about US＄2．2m＝ion and thema］Or SOurCeS O＝undingareGEF（approximately45％），Consultant
as World Bank，UNDP and UNEP，Trust Fundin World Banksupportedby the Government of Japanetc，The main focuses of GEF
activitiesarethefo1lowEngSix areas：

achieving the above objectives willbe：（approximately30％）and the rest
Shared by United States AID，Shiga

Prefecture andlLEC，the Bank−
Change，3）lnternationaIwaters，4）Netherlands Water Partnership
Ozonelayer depletion，5）Land
Program and the World Banlc
lnstitute・Theduration ofthe proJeCt

degradationand6）Persistentorganic−PreParation of experiences andlessonsFearned briefs
・reg］Onalexperience sharing andreviewmeetings−COnSOlidationoffinalreport−indentification ofFake managementexpe什S

POllutants．GEF pro］eCtS Can be
is18monthsfrom2002to2004．
implementedbyUNorganizationsas（5）Lakestobereviewed

Wellasgovernmenta10rganizations，
thepnvatesectorandNGOs．

Tentatively，30Iakes around theWOrrd willbe reviewed，including13

2．GEF Lake BasinManagement Initiative（4）Objectives
The pro）eCthasthefol10Wlngfour
Objectives：①documentexperiences through（1）Reasonsbehindtheproject

CaSeStudies

Currently，itis recognized that（afaciritatesharingoflessons

WOrldlakesandreservoirsarefaclng
increasing pressures such as
POPulation pressure and growth，urbanization，industria】ization，minrng
deve10Pment，irngation and climate（診acceleratelearningand
implementationofeffectivelake

With GEF−funded pro］eCtSin place，
The reg10naldistribution ofthe30
1akes willbelOlakesin Africa，7
Iakesin Europe and CentraEAsia，7
1akesin EastAsiaand SouthAsia，3lakes in Latin America and the
Caribbean and 3 lakes in North
America．

Change，andlhereisanecessityfor
an improved and sustainableapproach to managing lake basin
resources，Therefore．water−re）ated
internationa［communities are

臨、

required to seek measures for
improvedlake and reservoir
management and strengthen
CaPaCityforthem atrocal，PrOVincial，nationaFandg10bal】evels．

LakeNakuru−OneOfthe30IakestobereviewedbytheproJeCt

BeijingPresentation
Mr．Kotani，ExecutiveDirectoroflLEC，PreSentedanew（approvedin September2002）GEF Medium−Sized
PTO］ect named Lake Bas汀1Managementlnitiative ，ata
Sideeventofthe2nd GEFGenerarAssembryheldfor3
days，16−180ctober2001，atthe Beijinglnternational
ConventionCenter，Beijing，China
The side eventswere seton the middEe day ofthe
assembly，fordiscussion on42gIobalenvironmental
issues by UN organizations，gOVernmentS Of severaE
COuntries，the World Bank and NGOs，and held
COnSeCutivelyatseven meeting roomsatthevenuewith
eachissuediscussedfortwohours．

・⊥〔T

Theside event regarding ELECwasco，hosted by theJapanese Government and aJapanese NGO，lGES

J
Keynote Addressgiven byYoshioYatsu，a memberof

theJapaneseHouseofRepresentatives．Thethemeofhis（rnstituteforG10balEnvironmentStrategies）▲Some30
addresswasthedevelopmentofJapaneseenvironmental
participants discussed reports about development of

POliciesandJapan scontributiontointernationalsociety・●Japanese environmentalpolicies and Japan s
Otherspeakersincluded MrL Alan MilJerofthe GEF ●COntributionstointernationaE society，and GEF proJeCtS．
Secretariat，MiwakoKurosakafromtheJapanCouncilfor ●The meeting was promoted by a round−table forum
Sustainable DeveFopment，Jun Nishidaof UNIDO，lTPO，●
PreSided over by Mr．Takehiko Hiraishi，a Senior
COnSuFtant oflGES．

Tokyoand H・KotanioflLEC・Aftera period offree ●discussionthec■os gremarkswereg■VenbyAkinori＋

Theopenlng remarkswere made KazunoriTanaka，aJapanesePar］iamentarySecretaryforFinance，beforethe

OgawafromtheJapaneseMinistryofEnvironment，● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ●
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UNEPIETCIILEC＄hort＄erie＄−Lakos and Resorvo岳rs−

ln develop［ng and disseminating

nutrients（Phosphorus andnitrogen）andaffectingthousands
Of freshwater bodies around the● thisShortSeries，thepnmarygoal● WaS tO PrOVide readers with
●information aboutIakes andWOrfd，isdiscussedandanalysed．
Volume Four discusses the● reservoirs considering various●aspectsre■atedtotheirnature，／
imporlanceand management．Itis●
not meantto be acomprehensive

PrOteCtion and care of these
ValuabIe resources，inc［udingthe
urgent need to raise publictechnical publication but an● accessible and amenabFe source ofawareness of the value of these
freshwaterresoLfrCeS．

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●

●information forthecitizen bythe useofc［earlanguage

Theintrinsic value oflakes and reservoirs and the● and a minimum oftechnical］argOntOenCOurage greater
effor［stopreservethemare】argerthanwethinkandas● understandingL Volume One focuses onlakes and● reservoirs，Particularlytheirsimilaritiesanddifferences，aS Citizens we have to】Oin our efforts with that of thewell as their management implications. Volume Twowo

authoritiesandindustriestoensuretheirpreservationand●appropriateorsustainable use eitherforus orforfuture●●

discussesthewatershed，beginnlngWithitscollection of
Waterfromrainandsnowuntiltheendofits］OurneytOthe

generations．For copleS，Please send a request to●Sea・InVolumeThreeTtheproblemofaccelerated O「de「＠ilec．or．jP● eutrOPhication・Whichistheprocessoftheenrichmentof● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ●CauSlng a number
Of diseases suchas chronic lungailments， birthdefects，reduced
immunity，CanCer

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and nervous
SyStemdisorders・・ヰ＼云薫 1

The water
intake that comes
into the lake
L＿ COntinuously

Pa止iculrEydng

decreasesesssssssss

waterfall of Asahan River from Lake
Tobato generate electricalenergy
needed for the operation o†thelnalum Company aluminum smelting
Plantsince1982．AtthebeginnlngOf
the establishmentofthe power plant
and thelnalum Company，nO One
everforesawthe negativeimpactsit
WOuldproduce．Theforestrypotential
has also been exploited since 1985
Withthepresenceoflndorayon spu［pthe dry season，
but at the same time the lnalum
aEuminum plantmaintainsthe samelevelofwater outf［owto generate
electricalenergy・Thereforethewater
Surface of Lake Toba quite often
drops10902metersaboveseaFeveE・This brings problems for people
ParticularIy within the Lake Toba
COaStalareas．

lngeneral，theusevaluesof Lake

milland rayon plant by uslngWOOd
fromtheforestatthefoothilEsofLake
Toba as their main source．Fromits

Toba has been continuously
degraded fora numberof reasons．

earlystage，the pIan ofestablishing
this plant has been a controversial

Water Withdrawals and the decrease

issue．
Afterthefirstdecadeofoperation
Of the rndorayon Company，aSlgnificantdegradation ofLakeToba
and the environment was obvious．
TheforestswerenoIongerasrichas
they wereL Millions of trees haveFirst，WaterSuPPlydueto excessive

and rayon factory ofthelndorayon
Company，the electricalpower
generation ofthelnaEum Company，and the use bythe rocalcommunity．
1n other wordsitisimportant todevelop a drainage basin water
budgetforLakeTobatoidentifyboth
the volume of water intake andOUtf】ow．

A betterlake and environmenta［
management system should be
introducedin such awayto reduce
eutrophication，tOXic contamination．
Sedimentation，OVer−utilization oflivlng reSOurCeS，bio10glCalpollution，etc．Land planning rs essentialto
COnSerVeCriticalIakedrainageinthe
basin．Localcoalitionsincluding
governments，SChooIs，rellg10uS
COmmunities and NGOs should work
together to eradicate invasive
SPeCies and organisms alreadyestablishedinLakeToba，IntheIong−
run，PUbliceducationandawareness
PrOgramS about LakeToba andits
drainagebasinsareessential・Todo
this，the establishment ofthe Lake
Toba Science and Education Center
isparticularEylmPOrtant．

Of waterintake to Lake Toba．
Secondly，aquatic ecosystems of
LakeTobahavebeen diminished due
to accelerated eutrophication resultsfrom e）くCeSSive nutrientloads，SuChasfertilizerscarriedfrom agrlCulturaEfields，detergents，untreated humanandlivestock wastes，industrial

effluents，and storm drainage．
beencutdownand）argeforestareas
Thirdly，eXCeSSive useofLakeToba
bulldozed．Manyriversare nowdiny，for fishery practices and boat
POllutedanddryorlackfreshwater・transportation has continuousEy
degraded its environmental quality.
Thelndorayon plantis［ocatedinabove the sur†ace of the soilbefore
theydroptothesoilduringthecoolnights orasit rains．The waste andgassescontainchemicalsubstances，including dioxin，PentaChlorophenal
and trich10rOPhenaE，Which haveaccumuIatedin the environment，Such substances have a potentialof

Therefore，in severa［parts of Lake
Toba，there has been an excessive
growth of algae，Water hyacinth，
aquatic plants and other Living

㌧■，

鱒
葦童
■∫ ・二・．、、ト・∵チ∴ l・︐︑市POlluted gassesfrom thelndorayon
factory can only float a few meters

一L﹁ぜan enclave of the hil】s．Therefore，■

Or∈Ianisms・lnconclusion，SuStainlngthehealthand10ng−term uSe Of Lake Toba
requiresthe resolution ofconf［ictsamong competing uses of lake
resourcesparticularlyamongthepuJp・・l、、∴・・J
ViSit thiS webSite
http：〟www．sustdev．org／laketoba／

……Forthcomin！lEYent＄●●＝●●
January19thtoMarch20th，2003：
13thGroupTrainingCourseinLakeWaterQuality
Management

How800ks
Dr．EricO．Odada，Who recently］Oinedthe（lLEC，Japan）

March12thtoMarch15th，2003：
2ndlnternationalConferenceonlr「lgationandDrainage（Phoenix，Arizona，USA．）
Nairobi，has edited The East African Great
Lakes−Limno10gy，Palaeolimnorogy andMarch16thtoMarch23rd，2003：
lLEC Scientific Committee Member and is theProfessorof GeoIogy atthe University ofBiodiversity with hisco−editorand co‖eague
3rdWorldWaterForum（Kyoto−Shiga−Osaka，Japan）
Dr．Danie10．01agothe ProfessorofGeo10gy
OfNairobiUniversity．
This publication contains original research
PaPerS PreSented during the Second
lnternationalSymposium on the Limnology，ClimatoIogy， Palaeoclimato10gy andBiodiversity of the African Great Lakes
Organized bythelnternationalDecadeforthe
EastAfrican Lakes（lDEAL）．The book arso
PrOVides a comprehensive and comparative
View oflarge Africanlake systems such as
Lakes Victoria，Tanganyika and Malawi・lt
serves as a basic text for understanding the
Eake systems，history and sensitivity to
PrOCeSSeS Of change，thus providing anessentialtoolfor decisions related to the
SuStainable management of such precious
reSOU「CeS．

For more details and information on how to
PurChasethepublication，Pleasevisit：

March29thtoApriI2nd，2003：
3rdlnternationalLimnogeo10gyCongress（Tucson．Arizona，USA，）
May26thtoMay28th，2003：
2ndlntemationalSymposiumonContaminatedSediment（QuebecCity，Quebec，Canada）＼Wor］dLakeVi＄ion（WLV）（＼ ノ websiteUpdated 、ThereareonlythreemonthsIeftbeforeShigaDayonMarch
20thand21stnextyearatthe3rdWorldWaterForum．Atthe
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COmmitteewasestablishedandDr．Kira，WhoistheViceDirector
GeneraroflLEC．waschosenasitschairperson．Moremeetings
WereheldinClevelandinOctober（Seearticleonpage2）andthe
establishmentofWLVisapproachingthefinalstage・Shouldyou
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