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Global Nature Fund

Global Nature Fund, established in 1998, is a private non-profit foundation with the stated goal of protecting the environment.{{cite web |title=Water Links Worldwide |url=http://www.unesco.org/water/water_links/Type_of_Organization/Non_Governmental_Organizations_and_Associations/more3.shtml |website=Unesco Water Portal |publisher=UNESCO |access-date=22 November 2020 |archive-url=https://wayback.archive-it.org/10611/20151216020844/http://www.unesco.org/water/water_links/Type_of_Organization/Non_Governmental_Organizations_and_Associations/more3.shtml |archive-date=16 December 2015}} 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".{{cite web|url=http://www.ramsar.org/wwd/7/wwd2007_rpts_germany_gnf.htm |publisher=Ramsar |title=Pantanal in South America declared "Threatened Lake of the Year 2007" |access-date=2009-06-25 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080516223227/http://www.ramsar.org/wwd/7/wwd2007_rpts_germany_gnf.htm |archive-date=May 16, 2008 }} In 2004 it signed a Memorandum of Cooperation with Ramsar.{{cite web|url=http://www.ramsar.org/moc/key_globalnature_moc_2004.htm |publisher=Ramsar |title=Memorandum of Cooperation with the Global Nature Fund |access-date=2009-06-25 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080629094046/http://www.ramsar.org/moc/key_globalnature_moc_2004.htm |archive-date=June 29, 2008 }}

Threatened Lake of the Year

  • 2004 Lake Chapala:Mexico[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 ]
  • 2005 Lake Victoria: Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda{{Cite web |url=http://www.globalnature.org/23903/CAMPAIGNS/Threatened-Lake-of-the-Year-2012/Threatened-Lake-2005/02_vorlage.asp |title=Threatened Lake of the Year 2005: Lake Victoria in Kenya, Tansania and Uganda |access-date=2013-01-04 |archive-date=2012-11-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121117014632/http://www.globalnature.org/23903/CAMPAIGNS/Threatened-Lake-of-the-Year-2012/Threatened-Lake-2005/02_vorlage.asp |url-status=dead }}
  • 2006 Dead Sea: Jordan, Israel and Palestine{{Cite web |url=http://www.globalnature.org/24524/CAMPAIGNS/Threatened-Lake-of-the-Year-2012/Threatened-Lake-2006/02_vorlage.asp |title=Threatened Lake of the Year 2006: Dead Sea, Israel, Jordan and Palestine |access-date=2013-01-04 |archive-date=2012-11-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121117014505/http://www.globalnature.org/24524/CAMPAIGNS/Threatened-Lake-of-the-Year-2012/Threatened-Lake-2006/02_vorlage.asp |url-status=dead }}
  • 2007 Pantanal: Brazil, Paraguay and Bolivia{{Cite web |url=http://www.globalnature.org/28111/CAMPAIGNS/Threatened-Lake-of-the-Year-2012/Threatened-Lake-2007/02_vorlage.asp |title=Threatened Lake of the Year 2007: Pantanal - Brazil, Paraguay and Bolivia |access-date=2013-01-04 |archive-date=2012-11-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121117014457/http://www.globalnature.org/28111/CAMPAIGNS/Threatened-Lake-of-the-Year-2012/Threatened-Lake-2007/02_vorlage.asp |url-status=dead }}
  • 2008 Mahakam Wetland: Indonesia{{Cite web |url=http://www.globalnature.org/28145/CAMPAIGNS/Threatened-Lake-of-the-Year-2012/Threatened-Lake-2008/02_vorlage.asp |title=Mahakam Wetland in Indonesia is Thdafjnafkreatened Lake of the Year 2008 |access-date=2013-01-04 |archive-date=2012-11-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121117014518/http://www.globalnature.org/28145/CAMPAIGNS/Threatened-Lake-of-the-Year-2012/Threatened-Lake-2008/02_vorlage.asp |url-status=dead }}
  • 2009 Lake Atitlán: Guatemala{{Cite web |url=http://www.globalnature.org/30700/CAMPAIGNS/Threatened-Lake-of-the-Year-2012/Threatened-Lake-2009/02_vorlage.asp |title=Lake Atitlán in Guatemala is Threatened Lake of the Year 2009 |access-date=2013-01-04 |archive-date=2012-11-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121117014616/http://www.globalnature.org/30700/CAMPAIGNS/Threatened-Lake-of-the-Year-2012/Threatened-Lake-2009/02_vorlage.asp |url-status=dead }}
  • 2010 Pulicat Lake: India{{Cite web |url=http://www.globalnature.org/32218/CAMPAIGNS/Threatened-Lake-of-the-Year-2012/Threatened-Lake-2010/02_vorlage.asp |title=Threatened Lake of the Year 2010: Pulicat Lake in India |access-date=2013-01-04 |archive-date=2012-11-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121117014533/http://www.globalnature.org/32218/CAMPAIGNS/Threatened-Lake-of-the-Year-2012/Threatened-Lake-2010/02_vorlage.asp |url-status=dead }}
  • 2011 Laguna de Fúquene: Colombia{{Cite web |url=http://www.globalnature.org/33048/CAMPAIGNS/Threatened-Lake-of-the-Year-2012/Threatened-Lake-2011/02_vorlage.asp |title=Threatened Lake of the Year 2011: Laguna de Fúquene in Colombia |access-date=2013-01-04 |archive-date=2012-11-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121117014643/http://www.globalnature.org/33048/CAMPAIGNS/Threatened-Lake-of-the-Year-2012/Threatened-Lake-2011/02_vorlage.asp |url-status=dead }}
  • 2012 Lake Titicaca, Peru and Bolivia{{Cite web |url=http://www.globalnature.org/20076/CAMPAIGNS/Threatened-Lake-of-the-Year-2012/02_vorlage.asp |title=Threatened Lake of the Year 2012: Lake Titicaca in Peru and Bolivia |access-date=2013-01-04 |archive-date=2012-10-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121010174731/http://www.globalnature.org/20076/CAMPAIGNS/Threatened-Lake-of-the-Year-2012/02_vorlage.asp |url-status=dead }}
  • 2013 Lake Winnipeg: Canada{{Cite web |url=http://www.globalnature.org/33635/CAMPAIGNS/Threatened-Lake-2013/02_vorlage.asp |title=Archived copy |access-date=2013-03-07 |archive-date=2013-03-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130313145312/http://www.globalnature.org/33635/CAMPAIGNS/Threatened-Lake-2013/02_vorlage.asp |url-status=dead }}
  • 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

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External links

  • [https://www.globalnature.org/en/home Official website]
  • [http://www.cms.int/bodies/StC/31st_stc_meeting/presession/english/Inf_08_2_GNF_report.pdf Global Nature Fund International Foundation for Environment and Nature] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100705023615/http://www.cms.int/bodies/StC/31st_stc_meeting/presession/english/Inf_08_2_GNF_report.pdf |date=2010-07-05 }}
  • [http://www.euwi.net/partecipants/global-nature-fund Global Nature Fund], European Water Initiative

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