Global Nature Fund

Global Nature Fund, established in 1998, is a private non-profit foundation with the stated goal of protecting the environment. 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".[1] In 2004 it signed a Memorandum of Cooperation with Ramsar.[2]

Threatened Lake of the Year

References

Footnotes

  1. "Pantanal in South America declared "Threatened Lake of the Year 2007"". Ramsar. Archived from the original on May 16, 2008. Retrieved 2009-06-25.
  2. "Memorandum of Cooperation with the Global Nature Fund". Ramsar. Archived from the original on June 29, 2008. Retrieved 2009-06-25.
  3. Threatened Lake of the Year 2004: Lake Chapala in Mexico
  4. Threatened Lake of the Year 2005: Lake Victoria in Kenya, Tansania and Uganda
  5. Threatened Lake of the Year 2006: Dead Sea, Israel, Jordan and Palestine
  6. Threatened Lake of the Year 2007: Pantanal - Brazil, Paraguay and Bolivia
  7. Mahakam Wetland in Indonesia is Threatened Lake of the Year 2008
  8. Lake Atitlán in Guatemala is Threatened Lake of the Year 2009
  9. Threatened Lake of the Year 2010: Pulicat Lake in India
  10. Threatened Lake of the Year 2011: Laguna de Fúquene in Colombia
  11. Threatened Lake of the Year 2012: Lake Titicaca in Peru and Bolivia
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