Promoting a Global Agenda for Sustainable Lake Management in Support of World Lake Day

The main objective of the High-level Panel is to highlight and assemble ideas to address lakes properly and adequately in the global water agenda and embodied in collaborative efforts by the international community. This high-level panel discussion aims to cover the following topics:

1. Appropriate targets and indicators of the global agenda and collaborative effort;

2. Pathways of the effort;

3. Bring political commitments and other actions to increase the momentum of World Lake Day to highlight the importance of implementing Sustainable Lake Management

Panelists include:

Mr. Tri TharyatDirector General of Multilateral Cooperation, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Republic of Indonesia

Prof. Dr. Siti Nurbaya BakarMinistry of Environment and Forestry, Republic of Indonesia

Dr. Susan GardnerDirector Ecosystems Division, United Nations Environment Program (UNEP)

Dr. David Cooper, Acting Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity

Dr Musonda MumbaSecretary General of the Convention on Wetlands

Dr. Kazuhiko TakemotoPresident of the International Lake Environment Committee Foundation (ILEC)

Mr. Taizo MikazukGovernor of Shiga Prefecture, Japan

THX. Dyah MurtiningsihDirectorate General of Watershed Management and Forest Rehabilitation, Ministry of Environment and Forestry, Republic of Indonesia

Mr. Bob Arthur LombogiaDirectorate General of Water Resources, Ministry of Public Works and Housing, Republic of Indonesia

Mr. Nana Sudjana ASEx-Commissioner General of the Indonesian Police, Acting Governor of Central Java Province, Indonesia

Dr. EfransjahSenior Adviser to the Ministry of Environment and Forestry, Indonesia

Dr. Ida Bagus Putera ParthamaExecutive Chair of the National Watershed Forum, Indonesia