Funded By: Global Nature Fund (GNF)
Project Duration: 15th August 2022 – 14th August 2027
Living Lakes Network is an international partnership of 130 members working in more than 60 countries to protect and restore lakes and wetlands: the Earth’s life support systems. Ensuring their health and sustainable use is essential to fight the climate and biodiversity crisis, and for the wellbeing of billions of people!
NEWS has joined the Living Lakes Climate and Biodiversity project: Living Lakes- Preservation and restoration of aquatic ecosystems and related landscapes. Biodiversity protection strategies considering climate change mitigation and adaptation. NEWS is the South Asia Regional lead and works closely with EMACE and Nagenahiru, Sri Lanka and BEDS, Bangladesh on the project.
NEWS is focusing on ‘Deepor Beel’, which is located in Guwahati, India. This lake is a 4000 ha Ramsar site which is a vital natural habitat to a variety of birds with large flocks of migratory birds seen during winter. 4.14 sq km of the total area of Deepor Beel is a wildlife sanctuary while 6.89 sq kms is notified under the Guwahati Water Bodies Act, 2008. Deepor comes from the Sanskrit word Dipa which means elephant referring to the Elephants from the Rani and Garbhanga Reserve forests whose greater habitat extends to the waterbody.
Capacity Building and knowledge sharing of and with the farming and fishing communities, the NGOs/CSOs and the government department while building a network between and within these communities · Effective techniques for Innovative Lake Management · Improve Wetland management at a global scale through strategic alliances and international exchange · Traineeship programs and Sustainable leadership journey for young Lake managers who will have a shared vision for the future wellbeing of Deepor Bil · Inspire and invigorate Community involvement in Lakes and Wetland monitoring to encourage citizen ownership.