Managing Lakes and Lake Basins for Sustainable Use

Lakes and reservoirs are the world's major repository of accessible freshwater. They are central to the livelihoods and economies of a large fraction of the world's population, as well as being centers of aquatic biodiversity. They play a...

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Main Author:	World Bank
Format:	Brief
Language:	English
Published:	Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:	ABSTRACTION ANIMAL AQUACULTURE AQUATIC BIODIVERSITY BASIN BASIN AREA BASIN MANAGEMENT BASIN RESOURCE CLIMATE CHANGE CLIMATE FLUCTUATIONS COMMERCIAL FISHERIES CONTAMINANTS DRAINAGE BASIN DRAINAGE BASINS DROUGHTS ECOLOGICAL INTEGRITY EFFLUENT ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION FAUNA FERTILIZERS FISHERIES FLOODING FLORA FOOD CHAINS FORESTRY GROUNDWATER HABITAT HUMAN SETTLEMENTS INTEGRATED WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT INTERNATIONAL WATERS ISSUES LAKE LAKE BASINS LAKE DRAINAGE LAKE ENVIRONMENT LAKE LEVELS LAKE MANAGEMENT LAKES LIVELIHOODS NATURE PLANKTON PLANT POLLUTION PROGRAMS RESERVOIRS SEDIMENT SEDIMENT LOADS SEDIMENTS SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANTS SHORELINE STRATIFICATION SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT TEMPERATURE TOURISM UNSUSTAINABLE FISHING WATER CYCLE WATER FLOWS WATER QUALITY WATER RESOURCES WATER SUPPLY WATERS WETLANDS
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2009/01/10223248/managing-lakes-lake-basins-sustainable-use http://hdl.handle.net/10986/11731

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spelling	okr-10986-117312021-04-23T14:02:57Z Managing Lakes and Lake Basins for Sustainable Use World Bank ABSTRACTION ANIMAL AQUACULTURE AQUATIC BIODIVERSITY BASIN BASIN AREA BASIN MANAGEMENT BASIN RESOURCE CLIMATE CHANGE CLIMATE FLUCTUATIONS COMMERCIAL FISHERIES CONTAMINANTS DRAINAGE BASIN DRAINAGE BASINS DROUGHTS ECOLOGICAL INTEGRITY EFFLUENT ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION FAUNA FERTILIZERS FISHERIES FLOODING FLORA FOOD CHAINS FORESTRY GROUNDWATER HABITAT HUMAN SETTLEMENTS INTEGRATED WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT INTERNATIONAL WATERS ISSUES LAKE LAKE BASINS LAKE DRAINAGE LAKE ENVIRONMENT LAKE LEVELS LAKE MANAGEMENT LAKES LIVELIHOODS NATURE PLANKTON PLANT POLLUTION PROGRAMS RESERVOIRS SEDIMENT SEDIMENT LOADS SEDIMENTS SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANTS SHORELINE STRATIFICATION SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT TEMPERATURE TOURISM UNSUSTAINABLE FISHING WATER CYCLE WATER FLOWS WATER QUALITY WATER RESOURCES WATER SUPPLY WATERS WETLANDS Lakes and reservoirs are the world's major repository of accessible freshwater. They are central to the livelihoods and economies of a large fraction of the world's population, as well as being centers of aquatic biodiversity. They play a central role in integrated water resources management. Yet in spite of their importance and the growing threats to them, they have not received sufficient attention in the global discussion on water policy. The Lake Basin Management Initiative (LBMI) was implemented as a cooperative program supported by a partnership of many international agencies to draw on global knowledge on Lake Basin management. An analysis of experiences from 28 lakes around the world sought to identify practical lessons learned from management of lake basins, create new knowledge on Lake Basin management, fill an important gap in knowledge of lake management in developing countries, and derive lessons from internationally funded projects. 2012-08-13T15:51:52Z 2012-08-13T15:51:52Z 2009-01 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2009/01/10223248/managing-lakes-lake-basins-sustainable-use http://hdl.handle.net/10986/11731 English Water P-Notes; No. 24 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Brief Publications & Research
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topic	ABSTRACTION ANIMAL AQUACULTURE AQUATIC BIODIVERSITY BASIN BASIN AREA BASIN MANAGEMENT BASIN RESOURCE CLIMATE CHANGE CLIMATE FLUCTUATIONS COMMERCIAL FISHERIES CONTAMINANTS DRAINAGE BASIN DRAINAGE BASINS DROUGHTS ECOLOGICAL INTEGRITY EFFLUENT ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION FAUNA FERTILIZERS FISHERIES FLOODING FLORA FOOD CHAINS FORESTRY GROUNDWATER HABITAT HUMAN SETTLEMENTS INTEGRATED WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT INTERNATIONAL WATERS ISSUES LAKE LAKE BASINS LAKE DRAINAGE LAKE ENVIRONMENT LAKE LEVELS LAKE MANAGEMENT LAKES LIVELIHOODS NATURE PLANKTON PLANT POLLUTION PROGRAMS RESERVOIRS SEDIMENT SEDIMENT LOADS SEDIMENTS SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANTS SHORELINE STRATIFICATION SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT TEMPERATURE TOURISM UNSUSTAINABLE FISHING WATER CYCLE WATER FLOWS WATER QUALITY WATER RESOURCES WATER SUPPLY WATERS WETLANDS
spellingShingle	ABSTRACTION ANIMAL AQUACULTURE AQUATIC BIODIVERSITY BASIN BASIN AREA BASIN MANAGEMENT BASIN RESOURCE CLIMATE CHANGE CLIMATE FLUCTUATIONS COMMERCIAL FISHERIES CONTAMINANTS DRAINAGE BASIN DRAINAGE BASINS DROUGHTS ECOLOGICAL INTEGRITY EFFLUENT ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION FAUNA FERTILIZERS FISHERIES FLOODING FLORA FOOD CHAINS FORESTRY GROUNDWATER HABITAT HUMAN SETTLEMENTS INTEGRATED WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT INTERNATIONAL WATERS ISSUES LAKE LAKE BASINS LAKE DRAINAGE LAKE ENVIRONMENT LAKE LEVELS LAKE MANAGEMENT LAKES LIVELIHOODS NATURE PLANKTON PLANT POLLUTION PROGRAMS RESERVOIRS SEDIMENT SEDIMENT LOADS SEDIMENTS SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANTS SHORELINE STRATIFICATION SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT TEMPERATURE TOURISM UNSUSTAINABLE FISHING WATER CYCLE WATER FLOWS WATER QUALITY WATER RESOURCES WATER SUPPLY WATERS WETLANDS World Bank Managing Lakes and Lake Basins for Sustainable Use
relation	Water P-Notes; No. 24
description	Lakes and reservoirs are the world's major repository of accessible freshwater. They are central to the livelihoods and economies of a large fraction of the world's population, as well as being centers of aquatic biodiversity. They play a central role in integrated water resources management. Yet in spite of their importance and the growing threats to them, they have not received sufficient attention in the global discussion on water policy. The Lake Basin Management Initiative (LBMI) was implemented as a cooperative program supported by a partnership of many international agencies to draw on global knowledge on Lake Basin management. An analysis of experiences from 28 lakes around the world sought to identify practical lessons learned from management of lake basins, create new knowledge on Lake Basin management, fill an important gap in knowledge of lake management in developing countries, and derive lessons from internationally funded projects.
format	Publications & Research :: Brief
author	World Bank
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title	Managing Lakes and Lake Basins for Sustainable Use
title_short	Managing Lakes and Lake Basins for Sustainable Use
title_full	Managing Lakes and Lake Basins for Sustainable Use
title_fullStr	Managing Lakes and Lake Basins for Sustainable Use
title_full_unstemmed	Managing Lakes and Lake Basins for Sustainable Use
title_sort	managing lakes and lake basins for sustainable use
publisher	Washington, DC
publishDate	2012
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2009/01/10223248/managing-lakes-lake-basins-sustainable-use http://hdl.handle.net/10986/11731
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