Endangered lake of the year
The Endangered Lake of the Year has been announced on February 2nd of each year since 2004. On World Wetlands Day , the Global Nature Fund awards one of the most important endangered lakes in the world this title for one year in order to draw attention to the existing ecological problems of these wetlands and thus of the regions in which they are located. Conferences on this problem and support for possible solutions can help to improve the situation.
Threatened Lakes of the Year since 2004
- 2004 Lake Chapala - Mexico
- 2005 Lake Victoria - Kenya , Tanzania , Uganda
- 2006 Dead Sea - Israel , Jordan , Palestine
- 2007 Pantanal - Brazil
- 2008 Mahakam Wetland - Indonesia
- 2009 Lake Atitlán - Guatemala
- 2010 Pulicat Lake - India
- 2011 Laguna de Fúquene - Colombia
- 2012 Lake Titicaca - Peru , Bolivia
- 2013 Winnipeg Lake - Canada
- 2014 Sampaloc Sea - Philippines
- 2015 Chöwsgöl Nuur - Mongolia
- 2016 Tonle Sap Lake - Cambodia
- 2017 Lake Tanganyika - Burundi , Democratic Republic of the Congo , Zambia , Tanzania
- 2018 Bolgoda Lake , Madampe Lake , Sri Lanka
- 2019 Lake Nokoué - Benin
- 2020 Albufera Valenciana , Spain