Biodiversity & Climate Project

A global effort to protect and restore the source of all life.

The Living Lakes Biodiversity & Climate Project is an ambitious global effort to catalyze the conservation of lakes and wetlands, as a climate solution that works both for people and biodiversity.

We advance together with governments, NGOs, local communities, indigenous peoples and scientists, both on a local and a global scale.

Our approach

Deploying Nature
Based Solutions

Sharing
Knowledge

Improving
Policies

Following
Youth Leaders

Why Lakes?

Lakes, wetlands and other freshwater bodies are the life support systems of the Earth. Ensuring their health and sustainable use is essential to fight the climate and biodiversity crisis, and for the wellbeing of billions of people.

The Project

Our iniciatives on the ground cover 10 countries, with our partners working together in a joint, cordinated effort to catalyze lake conservation over 5 years.

Cambodia

Tonlé Sap Lake

Tonlé Sap Lake

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Colombia

Tota Lake

Tota Lake

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Colombia

Lake Fúquene

Lake Fúquene

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India

Deepor Beel

Deepor Beel

+ info

Malawi

Lake Malawi

Lake Malawi

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Mexico

Lake Chapala

Lake Chapala

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Peru

Lake Titicaca

Lake Titicaca

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Philippines

Laguna de Bay

Laguna de Bay

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Philippines

Paligui Wetland

Paligui Wetland

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Rwanda

Lake Kivu

Lake Kivu

+ info

Sri Lanka

Bolgoda Lake

Bolgoda Lake

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Sri Lanka

Lake Madampe

Lake Madampe

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South Africa

iSimangaliso Wetland Park

iSimangaliso Wetland Park

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What´s New

Read the latest news & stories on lake conservation.

Living Lakes will join the 11th International Shallow Lakes Conference

From 11 to June 16th 2023, the Living Lakes Network will join the 11th International Shallow Lakes Conference in Tartu (Estonia), an exciting opportunity to collaborate and foster new ideas among lake...

An international forum lays the foundation for an Action Plan to restore Mexico’s largest lake

The promotion of traditional knowledge and practices, the encouragement of crops that require less water, and the need to strengthen water stewardship, are some of the key actions needed to address...

The Living Lakes South Asia subnetwork is born

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Living Lakes joins the european campaign to #RestoreNature

On International Day of Action for Rivers, 207 organisations including the European Living Lakes Association are demanding the European Union’s Institutions and Member States to adopt the Nature...

Lake Titicaca is declared “Threatened Lake of the Year 2023”

The fact that visitors can be breathless on its shores is not only due to the impressive dimensions of this body of water: lake Titicaca, on the border of Peru and Bolivia, is in fact 190 km long and...

16th Living Lakes International Conference – Speakers Presentations

At a time of unprecedented biodiversity loss, climate impacts and environmental degradation, the Living Lakes Network held its 16th International Conference from December 6-8 2022, in the city of Puno...