ISSN 0912-7402

No.64 : March 2017

– Save Water, Save Lakes –A s feat u red i n t he prev iou s issue s of

WLC16-BALI:
Successfully Organized

this newsletter, there are over 1,500 lakes
scattered around the Indonesian ter ritor ywhich is stretched from side to side. The
lakes are essential to industry and livelihoodof this country diverse in ethnic, religious
a nd cult u ral values. Rega rdless of t hei r
characteristics, such as the tectonic Lake
Toba in Sumatra situated in the middle of richnature, or urban lakes in the vicinity of slums
in Jakarta, the Indonesian lakes and theirbasins’ environment are seriously threatenedin general, due to the economic growth andother artificial influences. To address this, theThe 16th World Lake Conference (WLC16) kicked off inIndonesian Government had been developing

Kuta, a west-coast beach resort in Bali, on November 7, 2016

The Lakewhen the island just entered rainy season. What caught thePeoplesince 2009. The WLC in Bali was held partly

aroundshare their current knowledge and to further

audience’s attention in the beginning of Opening Ceremony
was 32 children on stage calling for actions to taken to ensure
the next generation sustainable environment of world’s lakes.

the World

They had got together in Bali from various parts of Indonesia

All Got(22 junior high school students screened nationwide) and also

national policy on lake basin conservation
to trigger national and regional momentum topromote their national strategy. Their devoted
work in collaboration with ILEC and otherinternational and national partners over thefrom Japan (10 primary school students from Shiga and Kyoto

TogetherPrefectures) to participate in the international environmental

andbrought about a successful organization of

Discussed

During the four-day thematic sessions, fora,

education program co-organized by ILEC and Ministry ofEnvironment and Forestry, Indonesia on the occasion of WLC16(a related article is on Pg. 4). The Ceremony proceeded within Balifour-year-long preparatory process finally
WLC16.
and side events, various theme concerning

fabulous performances of traditional Balinese dance and music,

lakes were discussed, with more than 200

and the participants were welcomed by opening addresses fromabstract contributions. Some of them were

Organizing Committee representatives such as Minister Siti

heated with active exchanges of views andNurbaya of Environment and Forestry, Indonesia, and Director

experiences of multi-stakeholders of lakes; notGeneral Hironori Hamanaka of ILEC. In their remarks, it

only researchers or government officials, but

was highlighted that they were delighted to have the WLC

also private sectors including citizen-working

finally taken place in Indonesia, which is rich in lakes and thatgroups, as it has been emphasized in the past

they look forward to productive discussions bringing fruitful

WLCs. Discover more about highlights ofoutcome.

WLC16 in the next pages!

IN
THIS
ISSUE

■ WLC16-BALI: Successfully Organized■ Report from a Former JICA Training Participant (China)■ Citizen Working Groups Take Part in the Conference■ Letter from Scientific Committee (Japan)■ Indonesian and Japanese Lake People Get Together at National Policy Dialogue■ International Policy Forum：Toward Greater Collaboration in Asian Lakes■ The ILEC Delegates from Various Countries Present at Thematic Sessions■ The Bali Declaration Passed to WLC17■ “Biwa Kids Ambassador Project” to Nurture Younger Generation■ Sakura Exchange Program in Science of FY2016■ Sci Com General Meeting in Bali Appoints New Bureau Members■ Our Activity Overview (FY2016)■ The ILBM International Symposium in Kenya■ Special Exhibition on the 30th Anniversary of ILEC

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Reports from WLC16

Indonesian and Japanese Lake People Get Together
at National Policy Dialogue
Policy dialogue is one of the main features of every WLC.

and citizen working groups, who were requested to provide

During WLC16, National Policy Dialogue between the hostinformation on their many years of experience to overcome

country Indonesia and Japan was organized on November 8

difficult challenges facing lake basin management in Japan.

(Session I: Policy Improvement) and 9 (Session II: Community

The Dialogue served a very useful purpose for IndonesianEngagement), prior to the conventional International Policy

G ove r n m e nt s f a c i ng t h e u r ge nt n e e d t o a c c ele r a t e t h e

For u m (see t he next page). T he t wo - d ay d ialog ue was a

implementation of the national program launched in 2013,

much-needed opportunity for directly exchanging views among

mainly aimed at 15 priority lake basins, and also for the local

the representatives from various government agencies, citizen

government and community representatives to learn firsthand onorganizations, research institutions and private-sector operations

the implementation strategies being evolved at the national level.

from Indonesia. It was also participated by some Japanese

Sharing of the Japanese national government, local government

invited speakers, mainly from national and local governments

and local community experience directly by the Indonesiancounterparts was also very useful, particularly with regard to
evolving the lake basin management policies and programs at
the governmental level as well as to develop new approaches inbringing about broader societal mobilization in attending to thisvery complex and challenging lake basin management issues
in Indonesia. The catalytic outputs of this Dialogue is hoped tobring about encouraging results to be shared in the next WLC in
Ibaraki, Japan, in two years time.

Citizen Working Groups
Take Part in the Conference
T he W LC16 was par ticipated by aquestions and remarks from the audience

number of citizen working groups. Fromat the oral sessions: To the presenter

Shiga Prefecture, home to Lake Biwa

from Harie district of Takashima City

and also to the ILEC office, four citizen

who talked about “Kabata”, usage of theworking / student groups, as listed in thecirculated groundwater of the district,

table below including those two attended

there were questions from those who have

similar activity of making eel going up to

the WLC for the f irst time, presented

trouble with water quality aggravation.

upstream of the dams in Indonesia raisedon their lake-activity challenges at oral

To the Akanoi-Biwako Environmental

questions. The Seseragino-Sato presenterand poster sessions. In October 2016,

Citizen’s Initiative who made presentation

gave them a gift of rice harvested in his

prior to the Conference, the presenterson t hei r ex t e r m i n at ion of Cre e pi ng“Fish Cradle Paddy” for their friendship.

from each group gathered and rehearsed

Wa t e r- P r i m r o s e u n d e r t h e m u l t i -IVUSA participated in the poster session

their presentations in front of the JICA

collaboration of stakeholders, similar

as well where t hey received ea r nest

training participants came from several

struggles on the alien waterweed spices

questions and opinions. We hope thatcountries at ILEC. The presenters had

were shared. To the presentation fromtheir exchanges in Bali lead to something

modified their presentations based on

Seseragino-Sato about their “Fish Cradle

for their mut ual f ut ure collaboration

the feedback from the rehearsals. After

Paddy Field Project ” in their region

activities.

their presentations in Bali, they receivedof Suhara, some attendants engaged in

List of ParticipantsGroup Name
KabataAkanoi-Biwako Environmental Citizen’s Initiative

Creeping Water-Primrose Threats Akanoi Bay Which inside of the Lake Biwa,
the Reservoir of Kansai Region

Seseragino-Sato <Newcomer to WLC>

Fish Cradle Paddy Field ProjectInternational Volunteer University Student Association (IVUSA)

Nationwide Cooperation of University Students in Removal of Invasive Aquatic
Weed in Lake Biwa, Japan<Newcomer to WLC>

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Oral Presentation Title

Harie-Shozunosato CommittieReports from WLC16

International Policy Forum:
Toward Greater Collaboration in Asian Lakes
The main objective of International Policy
Forum was to accelerate the development ofcommon platform for greater collaboration
on policy, science and technology researcha nd broa d st a keholde r e ngage me nt i nmanaging Asian lake basins, particularlyof those in Southeast Asian region. During
the prepa rator y st age, members of the
I LEC Scientif ic Com mit tee and of theI n d o n e si a n G ove r n m e nt c o n d u c t e d anu mber of consult ative meetings, and,i n t he end , succeeded i n hav i ng ma ny
national gover nments and inter nationalorganizations from the region to participate
in and contribute to the prospective forum
deliberations. Each keynote presenter fromthe national governments of Indonesia, India,
and Malaysia, and from Asian Development
Bank (ADB) and United Nations Environment
Programme (UNEP) provided their currently
undertaken specific activities and the ongoing
efforts for regional collaboration, setting thestage for round-table discussion among theforum participants divided into five groups.
The themes assigned to the five groups were;A) Development and Implementation of
National Programs, B) Capacity Development
Challenges, C) Stakeholder Participation,D) Scientif ic Collaboration on Tropical
Limnology, and E) Regional, International
and Global Lake Basin Management
Challenges.
The variety of viewpoints and elaborations
were subsequently integrated into the Bali
Declaration, specifically ref lected in such
ph rases as, development of d at abases,
pa r t icu la rly for t ropical i n la nd wat e rsystems; development of regional networks
for collaborative research for increasing
k nowle d ge a nd p r o mot i ng sh a r i ng ofexperiences in managing lake basins; andjoint actions toward achieving the Sustainable
Development Goals (SDG s) related tolentic-lotic water systems. These agreed
recommendations will have to be rigorously
pursued toward the WLC17.

The ILEC Delegates from Various Countries Present at Thematic Sessions
The th ree- day thematic sessions held
under 11 themes at WLC16 got more than 170
contributions from 31 countries. Although its
three quarter came from Indonesia and other
Asian countries, some came all the way fromAfrica or Latin America. Ideas and solutions
for various environmental problems of theworld’s lakes and their basins were activety
exchanged.
The ILEC delegates, mainly composed of its
Scientific Committee Members, also presented
their concrete actions in line with the ILBM
concept to address issues of the project lakes in

Americas, Africa and Asia, respectively, or inglobal viewpoints. At the end of each session, anumber of questions were received from young
generation such as “What conditions should be
set for the boundary setting?”, or “What kind ofindicators should be focused on to close up the
impact of climate change?”, and our delegates
responded in detail.
The thematic sessions for sure made many
contributions to the Conference, crossing
national borders and generations. Those
three days made us believe that sharing thechallenges and efforts of lakes and their basins

The Bali Declaration Passed to WLC17
The heating discussion during WLC16, which
was attended by nearly 1,070 people from 35
countries, came to its end on November 10,
2016. In the afternoon of this day, Closing
Ceremony was held where Deputy Director

General Masahisa Nakamura of ILEC proposed
the Draft Bali Declaration to the participants.
The Declaration was adopted by the Governmentof Indonesia on November 15, reflecting
inputs raised from the floor at the Ceremony.
Then, Governor Masaru Hashimoto of Ibaraki
Prefecture, Japan announced that the next
Conference, WLC17, would be held in Ibaraki
during October 15-19, 2018. On behalf of ILEC,
Director General Hironori Hamanaka thanked
the participants and all the people got involvedin the preparatory process for the Conference in

Nationality of Presenters
Russia2%
Estonia
4%

Indonesia
25%

Others
17%

China
6%
Philippine
7%
Malaysia
9%

Japan
19%
India
11%

around the world can trigger developing more
efficient and effective efforts.

his closing remarks. The Ceremony was closed
by Deputy Chairman for Earth Sciences Zainal
Arifin of Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI).
LIPI initially proposed ILEC to host the WLC
in Indonesia back in 2012. It took us more thanfour years to make it happen, but thanks to all
our colleagues from LIPI, Indonesian Ministries,
and our international partners, the WLC16
was successfully organized. On the following
November 11, some participants enjoyedbeautiful natural and cultural sites in Bali on theOpen Tour before they all flew back home. We
thank all who took part in WLC16 and alreadylook forward to meeting more lake-friends in two
years time.

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“Biwa Kids Ambassador Project”
to Nurture Younger Generation
Shiga Prefecture, Japan has hosted“Biwa Kids Ambassador Project” since2008 to support sustainable environmental
conservation effort and to nurture younger
generation for the future of the lake
district. ILEC has been entrusted with thisproject since 2015. In 2015, the kids weredispatched to several places around theLake Biwa to study indigenous cuisine
and to Chiang Mai, Thailand for theinternational exchange. In 2016, the study
theme was “to learn about rice farming,
irrigation and creatures around rice pads.”
The kids went to local rice fields to findvarious creatures in the channels, andwere dispatched to Bali, Indonesia, where
WLC16 was held.
Pre-Workshop #1 (Jun. 18): The Biwa
Kids attended the creature observation

event held at Suhara Fish Spawning Rice
Pads, where indigenous crucian carp
run-up from the lake.
Pre-Workshop #2 (Jul. 27): The Biwa
Kids visited the fisheries experimental
station located in Hikone City to study
the fishery in the Lake Biwa. They also
learned that the most of the crucian carp
released near Lake Nishinoko (a smalllake in Shiga) came back to the sitewhere they were released as fry. Thenthe kids went to the Kohoku Wild Bird
Observatory to see various creatures living
in wetlands surrounding Lake Biwa.
Lastly, they gathered at the local
community center to prepare Funa-Zushi,
fermented crucial carp with rice whichis Shiga Prefecture’s specialty. It takes
six months to mature. They are looking
forward to tasting it in March 2017.

Pre-Workshop #3 (Oct. 2): The Biwa
Kids got on a boat operated by Azuchi
Chamber of Commerce and Industry to
explore Lake Nishinoko and its reed field.
It was a great opportunity for them tolearn directly from Mr. Shuzo Okuda, “theMr. Nishinoko”, about the lake history.
After the cruise, they huddled together at
the ILEC office to prepare presentationmaterial for the international exchange
program in Bali. They also rehearsed
presentation before the JICA training
participants who gave them positive
advice.

The WLC16 Kids International Exchange Program: Four kids fom Kyoto Prefecture joined the six Biwa Kids Ambassadors and, inall, ten kids traveled to Bali from Japan to participate in the three-day program:Day 1 (Nov. 6): As a preparatory workfor the whole program, The kids attended
the lectures on Balinese culture andSubak at the Udayana University. After
visiting the Pasar Ikan (fish market) at
Kedonganan, they headed north to the
Subak Sembung, one of the Subak sites,
where they explored various aquatic
creatures.

Day 2 (Nov. 7): One of the highlights ofthe program came when the kids presented
what they had studied in Japan in theface of about 50 Indonesian children of
the Scholar Dasar Negeri 1 Peguyangan(public elementary school) located in thenorth of Denpasar. They also learned that
the Indonesian children were working on
segregated disposal of trash.
Let’s Find Many Treasures ofLakes and Rivers, and Let People
Know How Important They Are!

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Day 3 (Nov. 8): In the morning, theyattended the Opening Ceremony of WLC16
to launch the Kids Declaration. They
were welcomed by attendee’s applauds.
In the afternoon, Kids Lake Forumwas co-organized with the Indonesian
Government in which they enjoyededutainment game with 22 Indonesian kids.
Throughout the activity in Bali, the kids had
many valuable learning opportunities. We
are hopeful that they will play an importantrole in environmental conservation in the
future.

Report from a Former JICA Training Participant
Yue Xuan Feng (China)
Mr. Yue Xuan Feng participated in a JICA-commissioned training program, “Environmental Education Focused on Fresh Water
Environment” in FY 2012. He has been working as Associate Professor at School of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering, Shaanxi Normal
University since his participation in the training up to the present. At the time of training, he had been engaged in environmental analysis
and participated in the training in order to response to the national call to develop a
low-carbon society in China. The two-months training lodged his mind two issues:
One was that Japanese enjoy perfect public hygiene, which can partly be becauseof their strong awareness of environment protection. The other was the scientific,
detailed, immediate and instant separation of all kinds of waste. These trigged him
to build up the counterpart in China spreading propaganda on water protection forsustainable development of human. Upon his return home, his research has shifted tothe analytical detection techniques of various samples. Currently, he is in charge of“new strategy and practice in the field of drug development.”

Mr. Yue and his research group working
on the drinking water quality

In the last decade, human health issue attributed to(TCM) before their chemical characteristics, biological activity

environmental ecosystem, chemical administration and otherand toxicity are studied. Only those available will be given

related fields has gained more attention not only among scientists

f u r t h e r c o n s i d e r a t i o n for animal test and enduringness

but also in general. Part of my interests focuses on the new

evaluation. It is beyond argument that this kind of screening fortechniques and their application in drug development. I would likenatural compounds from medicinal plants is important, yet it doesto briefly introduce the readers to the strategy and practice in

not often comply with the philosophy for the administration anddrug development in my lab. It is a common practice to separate

study on TCMs. The therapeutic performance of TCM and its

and purify compounds from the traditional Chinese medicine

compound formulas are supposed to be the result of multiple
compounds upon multiple targets under synergistic action, so wetend to consider the compounds in TCM and its compound
formulas as a whole rather than individuals. At the advantage of
GCMS, LCMS techniques and special affinity for active receptors
on HUVECM, we establish several screening models for active
compounds in TCM, with an aim to screen potential Tumor
angiogenesis inhibitor (TAI). The applications of the establishedscreening models, as part of the contribution to the screening
methods for TCM, are carried out in the essential oil and alcohol
extract of Chinese herbs Ligusticum chuanxiong Hort, Aconitum

Exploring the floating plants in Yijun River, China with his son

taipeicum Hand.-Mazz, and Tie Bang Chui, respectively.

Sakura Exchange Program in Science of FY 2016
During December 5-14, 2016, ILEC car ried out the 2nd“Japan-Asia Youth Exchange Program in Science” or, “Sakura
Exchange Program in Science,” granted by the Japan Science

fermented, tasty and had unique smells.
We hope that this interchange leads to the further developmentof technology and the environmental education in Hunan.

and Technology Agency (JST). ILEC welcomed eight delegatescomposed of teachers a nd st udents f rom Hu na n Nor mal
University, and a junior high school and primary school attached
to it from Hunan Province, China and introduced them totechnology in Japan and environmental education in Shiga. They
visited one of the primary schools in Shiga and observed theenvironmental education class, where they presented traditional
food f rom each cou nt r y; Fu na Zushi, or sushi made withcrucian carp, among others from Shiga and black soybean curdfrom Hunan. In the discussion, they found out that both were5

Letter from Scientiﬁc Committee (Japan)

ASIAN CORE Program among Universities
in Japan and Malaysia
Yoshihisa Shimizu

Professor
Department of Environmental Engineering
Research Center for Environmental Quality Management
Kyoto University

The long-standing collaboration between Japanese andMalaysian universities through the Japan Society of Promotionof Science and Vice Chancellor Council in Malaysia Program(JSPS-VCC) since the early nineties has resulted in life-longacademic camaraderie and successful exchange of knowledge in
multi-disciplinary areas by researchers in the two countries. The
achievements of this program had resulted in capacity buildingof many academic staffs through the cooperative research andscientist exchange programs. During this program in 2011, Kyoto
University established and opened its first overseas office in
Malaysia in University of Malaya. Recognizing the many tangible
and intangible benefits accrued from this prominent networking
among the Japanese and Malaysian universities, it was unanimously
agreed in 2008, that the academic rapport and knowledge exchange
be sustained through other platforms. The proposal to start the
ASIAN CORE Program coordinated by Kyoto University has cometo fruition early in 2010 with the theme, “Research and Education
Center for the Risk Based Asian Oriented Integrated Watershed
Management.” This ASIAN CORE Program is carried out by socalled matching fund system supported by Ministry of Higher
Education, Malaysia as well as JSPS.
We have decided to cluster 4 areas/groups of research focus
under different main theme. “Hydrology Group” aims at disasterprediction and hydrologic analysis for watershed management,with consideration of climate change. It also investigates current
water usage and creates governance strategy to prevent fromflood/drought due to climate change. “Water Quality Group”
conducts quantitative evaluation and prediction for improvementof watershed environment by applying the governance strategy
scenario. This group also stimulates and predicts the effects of the
scenario for watershed environment using water quality analysis
models. “Environmental Risk Group” performs assessmentof environmental risk of hazardous chemicals and establishes

appropriate screening methodologies through creating a risk
analysis model in watershed management with consideration ofclimate and regional specification (e.g., typhoon and flushing).
“Governance Group” collects knowledge data for integrated
watershed management and analyzes governance structure.
This group will collect and sort diverse knowledge data andsuggest proper governance towards sustainable development andconservation for watershed environment.
It is an inclusive and exclusive topic of current researchinterest spanning both science and non-science elements, andthus it involves many areas of discipline. It is also a topic of greatinterest in the face of challenges attributing to climate change
and water security locally and globally. The Program is designed
to create world-class research hub in selected fields in Malaysia,
while fostering the next generation of leading researchers. It does
this by establishing sustainable collaborative relations among
research/education institutions in Japan and Malaysia. Under the
Program, both countries will collaborate in cutting-edge fields ofresearch and on research topics deemed to be of high international
importance.

Symposium in Malaysia (2012)

Sci Com General Meeting in Bali Appoints New Bureau Members
The ILEC Scientific Committee (Sci Com) Members from all partsof the world got together at the General Meeting in Bali, on the day
before the opening of WLC16, November 7, 2016. The Committee,
currently composed of ten internationally renowned scientists andexperts in the field of lake and reservoir management and conservation,is responsible for advancing and implementing scientific matters
supporting the aims of ILEC. It is reorganized every three years. The
Bali Meeting was the first gathering for the current 12th term of theCommittee, which started in April 2016 under the Chairmanship ofWalter Rast (photo: center left). During the one-day long meeting,various agenda items related to its policies and strategies for future
activities of ILEC were discussed. The Meeting also appointed Ms.
Adelina Santos-Borja (center right) and Prof. Salif Diop (third fromthe right) as Vice-Chairs, and Prof. Sandra Azevedo (second from theright) as Bureau Member, respectively. With the support by this newly

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structured Sci Com, ILEC aims to further promote its international
activities, especially focusing on Latin America, in addition to Africa
and Asia where a number of projects have actively been pursued.

Group photo taken after the Bali Meeting(Third from the left is former Chair/currently Deputy-Director General Masahisa Nakamura of ILEC)

The list of Scientific Committee Members of 12th term is available at:www.ilec.or.jp/en/about_ilec/scicom

Our Activities Overview (FY2016)
April 11-22 ILEC takes part in the Ha Long Bay Project for Green Growth (Quảng Ninh Province)
20 The WLC16 1st Japanese Committee Meeting (Otsu)
21-22 Delegates from the Ministry of Environment and Forestry, Indonesia visit Japan for WLC16
preparatory discussions with the Japanese Governmental agencies, JICA and ILEC (Tokyo, Otsu &Kusatsu)
22-28 Study tour from Vietnam to Japan under the JICA commissioned Project for Green Growth
Promotion in Halong Bay Area

PIC ❶May 9-11 ILEC announces the assessment results of the TWAP Lake Component at IWC8 (Colombo)【PIC❶】
10 ILEC receives donation of 1.39 million Japanese Yen from Kansai Urban Banking Co. (Otsu)【PIC❷】
15- ILEC takes part in the Ha Long Bay Project for Green Growth (Quảng Ninh Province, through June 1)
June 1-5 WLC16 Preparatory Meeting with the Indonesian Government (Bogor & Jakarta)
7-10 ILEC attends the 1st Philippine Symposium on Freshwater Biodiversity and Ecosystems (Manila)
17 11 delegates of students and lectures from Illinois College, USA visit ILEC (Kusatsu)【PIC❸】

PIC ❷18 The Ramsar Biwa-Kids 1st Pre-Workshop (Yasu)
22 The WLC17 2nd Preparatory Committee Meeting (Tsukuba)
July 15 29 delegates of students and professors from Tongji University, Shanghai visit ILEC (Kusatsu)
27 The Ramsar Biwa-Kids 2nd Pre-Workshop (Hikone & Nagahama)August 1-5 Kenya-Nakuru government officials visit solid waste management and environmental
business sites in the Lake Biwa basin (Otsu, Kusatsu, Koka & Takashima)【PIC❹】

PIC ❸3 The Ramsar Biwa-Kids Exchange Program at a local biodiversity forum (Kusatsu)
8 ILEC renews the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on the five-year long joint project
implementation with UNEP
8 The WLC17 3rd Preparatory Committee Meeting (Tsukuba)
17-18 Training course on lake environmental management for the Lake Tonle Sap project (Kusatsu)
19 A JICA commissioned training program, “Integrated Basin Management for Sustainable Use andPreservation of Water Resources” kicks off (through Oct. 14)【PIC❺】

PIC ❹27-28 ILBM International Symposium as the TICAD6 official side event (Nairobi)
September 12-16 WLC16 Preparatory Meeting with the Indonesian Government (Jakarta)
26 9 local high school students and teachers visit the JICA training participants at ILEC (Kusatsu)
October 2 The Ramsar Biwa-Kids 3rd Pre-Workshop (Ohmi-Hachiman & Kusatsu)
8 Lake Biwa citizen working groups rehearse their WLC16 presentations at ILEC (Kusatsu)
18 The WLC16 2nd Japanese Committee Meeting (Otsu)
November 5-9 The WLC16 Kids International Exchange Program (Bali)PIC ❺6 LAKESIII Workshop, in collaboration with Shiga University (Bali)
7 ILEC Scientific Committee General Meeting (Bali)
7-11 The 16th World Lake Conference (Bali)
28 ILEC takes part in the Ha Long Bay Project for Green Growth (Quảng Ninh Province)【PIC❻】
December 5-14 ILEC hosts the Japan-Asia Youth Exchange Program in Science (Otsu & Kusatsu)
26 The WLC17 4th Preparatory Committee Meeting (Tsukuba)

PIC ❻

2017
February 4 The Ramsar Biwa-Kids Ambassador take part in the regional kids watershed exchange meeting (Kobe)
8 WLC16 Debriefing (Otsu, co-organized with Shiga Prefectural Government)
10 The WLC17 5th Preparatory Committee Meeting (Tsukuba)
15- ILEC takes part in the Ha Long Bay Project for Green Growth (Quảng Ninh Province)
March 4 A special exhibition on the 30th anniversary of ILEC “Living with Lakes” opens at Lake Biwa Museum (Kusatsu, through April 9)
11 The Ramsar Biwa-Kids Project Debriefing (Kusatsu)
ILBM: Integrated Lake Basin Management
IWC8: 8th International Waters Conference
JICA: Japan International Cooperation Agency

TICAD6: 6th Tokyo International Conference of Africa's Development
TWAP: Transboundary Waters Assessment Programme
UNEP: United Nations Environment Programme

WLC16: 16th World Lake Conference
WLC17: 17th World Lake Conference

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The ILBM International Symposium in Kenya:Toward the Next Step Activities in Africa
ILEC organized an international symposium and workshop in
Nairobi, Kenya as the off icial side event of the 6th Tokyo
International Conference on African Development (TICAD 6)
during August 27-28, 2016. It was co-organized with the United
Nations Environment Programme (U NEP) with the aim ofpromot i ng t he I LBM i n A f r ica. At t he sy mposiu m , Ms.
Jacqueline McGlade (Director, the Division of Early Warning
and Assessment, UNEP) and Mr. Richard Kipsang (the Ministerof Environment, Energy, Water and Natural Resources of Nakuru
County) gave the opening remarks, which were followed by a few
lectures themed on the topics below:
1. Overview of UN-Environment Freshwater Activities (Dr. Eric
Hoa, UNEP-Freshwater Programme)
2. National Gover nment Initiatives on the Management of
Kenyan Lakes (Mr. Philip Muraguri, Ministry of Water andIrrigation)
3. ILBM and Ecosystem Service Shared Value Assessment( ESSVA) for I LBM Plat for m P rocess ( P rof. Masa h isa
Nakamura, Deputy Director General, ILEC)
Participants discussed the needs of Lake Environment Databaseand also of the ILBM that should be infused in the Integrated
Water Resources Management (IWRM). On the second day of theworkshop, several more presentations were given, which were
followed by a panel discussion themed “How Should ILBM Be
Integrated into the Kenyan National Strategy for Sustainable
Lake Basin Management?” At the end of symposium, theparticipants agreed on the following items:
1. Develop National Lake Basin Management Strategy thatechoes the achievements and challenges. The Strategy will
provide a clear roadmap to implement ILBM-ESSVA to benefit
all Kenyan lakes. It is required to have a clear communication
strategy.
2. The adoption of the Green Economy Strategic Plan model bygovernment was proposed as a good starting point.
3. The ILBM Lake Briefs should regularly be updated.
4. Each lake basin should develop an implementational/conceptual
framework covering their unique attributes.
5. We should put emphasis on the “Participatory Pillar” toenhance education particularly for children.
It was a g reat achievement of this sy mposiu m that thepersonnel in charge of each lake in Kenya spontaneously decided
to formulate a strategic plan as a team and to propose it to theirnational policy.

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