Global Nature Fund, established in 1998, is a private non-profit foundation with the stated goal of protecting the environment. 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". In 2004 it signed a Memorandum of Cooperation with Ramsar.
Threatened Lake of the Year 2004 Lake Chapala:MexicoThreatened Lake of the Year 2004: Lake Chapala in Mexico 2005 Lake Victoria: Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda 2006 Dead Sea: Jordan, Israel and Palestine 2007 Pantanal: Brazil, Paraguay and Bolivia 2008 Mahakam Wetland: Indonesia 2009 Lake Atitlán: Guatemala 2010 Pulicat Lake: India 2011 Laguna de Fúquene: Colombia 2012 Lake Titicaca, Peru and Bolivia 2013 Lake Winnipeg: Canada 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
References
External links Official website Global Nature Fund International Foundation for Environment and Nature Global Nature Fund, European Water Initiative