Global Nature Fund Explained

Global Nature Fund, established in 1998, is a private non-profit foundation with the stated goal of protecting the environment.^[1] It is headquartered in Radolfzell, Germany.

The organization, which sponsors the Living Lakes Network, marks World Wetlands Day annually by designating a water body as "Threatened Lake of the Year".^[2] In 2004 it signed a Memorandum of Cooperation with Ramsar.^[3]

Threatened Lake of the Year

• 2004 Lake Chapala:Mexico^[4]
• 2005 Lake Victoria: Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda^[5]
• 2006 Dead Sea: Jordan, Israel and Palestine^[6]
• 2007 Pantanal: Brazil, Paraguay and Bolivia^[7]
• 2008 Mahakam Wetland: Indonesia^[8]
• 2009 Lake Atitlán: Guatemala^[9]
• 2010 Pulicat Lake: India^[10]
• 2011 Laguna de Fúquene: Colombia^[11]
• 2012 Lake Titicaca, Peru and Bolivia^[12]
• 2013 Lake Winnipeg: Canada^[13]
• 2014 Lake Sampaloc, Philippines
• 2015 Lake Hovsgol, Mongolia
• 2016 Tonle Sap Lake, Cambodia
• 2017 Lake Tanganyika, Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Tanzania and Zambia
• 2018 Lake Bolgoda and Lake Madampe, Sri Lanka
• 2019 Lake Nokoué, Benin
• 2020 Albufera Lake, Spain
• 2021 Pantanal Wetlands, Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay
• 2022 Lake Malawi, Malawi, Mozambique and Tanzania
• 2023 Lake Titicaca, Bolivia, Peru

External links

• Official website
• Global Nature Fund International Foundation for Environment and Nature
• Global Nature Fund, European Water Initiative

Notes and References

1. Web site: Water Links Worldwide . Unesco Water Portal . . 22 November 2020 . https://wayback.archive-it.org/10611/20151216020844/http://www.unesco.org/water/water_links/Type_of_Organization/Non_Governmental_Organizations_and_Associations/more3.shtml . 16 December 2015.
2. Web site: Pantanal in South America declared "Threatened Lake of the Year 2007" . . 2009-06-25 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080516223227/http://www.ramsar.org/wwd/7/wwd2007_rpts_germany_gnf.htm . May 16, 2008 .
3. Web site: Memorandum of Cooperation with the Global Nature Fund . . 2009-06-25 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080629094046/http://www.ramsar.org/moc/key_globalnature_moc_2004.htm . June 29, 2008 .
4. https://web.archive.org/web/20121117014428/https://www.globalnature.org/21223/CAMPAIGNS/Threatened-Lake-of-the-Year-2012/Threatened-Lake-2004/02_vorlage.asp Threatened Lake of the Year 2004: Lake Chapala in Mexico
5. Web site: Threatened Lake of the Year 2005: Lake Victoria in Kenya, Tansania and Uganda . 2013-01-04 . 2012-11-17 . https://web.archive.org/web/20121117014632/http://www.globalnature.org/23903/CAMPAIGNS/Threatened-Lake-of-the-Year-2012/Threatened-Lake-2005/02_vorlage.asp . dead .
6. Web site: Threatened Lake of the Year 2006: Dead Sea, Israel, Jordan and Palestine . 2013-01-04 . 2012-11-17 . https://web.archive.org/web/20121117014505/http://www.globalnature.org/24524/CAMPAIGNS/Threatened-Lake-of-the-Year-2012/Threatened-Lake-2006/02_vorlage.asp . dead .
7. Web site: Threatened Lake of the Year 2007: Pantanal - Brazil, Paraguay and Bolivia . 2013-01-04 . 2012-11-17 . https://web.archive.org/web/20121117014457/http://www.globalnature.org/28111/CAMPAIGNS/Threatened-Lake-of-the-Year-2012/Threatened-Lake-2007/02_vorlage.asp . dead .
8. Web site: Mahakam Wetland in Indonesia is Thdafjnafkreatened Lake of the Year 2008 . 2013-01-04 . 2012-11-17 . https://web.archive.org/web/20121117014518/http://www.globalnature.org/28145/CAMPAIGNS/Threatened-Lake-of-the-Year-2012/Threatened-Lake-2008/02_vorlage.asp . dead .
9. Web site: Lake Atitlán in Guatemala is Threatened Lake of the Year 2009 . 2013-01-04 . 2012-11-17 . https://web.archive.org/web/20121117014616/http://www.globalnature.org/30700/CAMPAIGNS/Threatened-Lake-of-the-Year-2012/Threatened-Lake-2009/02_vorlage.asp . dead .
10. Web site: Threatened Lake of the Year 2010: Pulicat Lake in India . 2013-01-04 . 2012-11-17 . https://web.archive.org/web/20121117014533/http://www.globalnature.org/32218/CAMPAIGNS/Threatened-Lake-of-the-Year-2012/Threatened-Lake-2010/02_vorlage.asp . dead .
11. Web site: Threatened Lake of the Year 2011: Laguna de Fúquene in Colombia . 2013-01-04 . 2012-11-17 . https://web.archive.org/web/20121117014643/http://www.globalnature.org/33048/CAMPAIGNS/Threatened-Lake-of-the-Year-2012/Threatened-Lake-2011/02_vorlage.asp . dead .
12. Web site: Threatened Lake of the Year 2012: Lake Titicaca in Peru and Bolivia . 2013-01-04 . 2012-10-10 . https://web.archive.org/web/20121010174731/http://www.globalnature.org/20076/CAMPAIGNS/Threatened-Lake-of-the-Year-2012/02_vorlage.asp . dead .
13. Web site: Archived copy . 2013-03-07 . 2013-03-13 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130313145312/http://www.globalnature.org/33635/CAMPAIGNS/Threatened-Lake-2013/02_vorlage.asp . dead .