• Citizen Science: Engaging volunteers in monitoring and decision-making for lake management.

• Promoting public awareness of lake conservation through education and outreach programs.

• Integrating environmental education into citizen science initiatives and participatory management projects.

• Supporting mutual learning opportunities between local communities, researchers, policymakers, private sectors, and youth leaders.

• Considering cultural and socio-economic factors in setting realistic restoration targets and fostering inclusive decision-making.

• Reducing the risks of disasters such as floods and droughts through proactive lake and catchment management.

• Enhancing the resilience of ecosystems and surrounding communities to climatic extremes, such as floods and droughts.

• Implementing strategies to strengthen adaptive capacities for climate-related challenges at the basin level.

Consideration of the essential ecosystem services provided by lakes, such as water supply, recreation, fisheries, and biodiversity support (include indication of how these services are being hindered/destroyed by human activities)

Exploring techniques like sediment removal and nutrient inactivation to mitigate nutrient pollution and improve water quality.

• Integrated Lake Basin Management (ILBM): Combining governance, science, and community engagement to ensure sustainable management of lakes and their basins.

• Source-to-Sea Management: Connecting upstream and downstream ecosystems to manage the entire water cycle.

• Actively involving local communities, governments, private sectors, and youth in participatory decision-making processes.

• Promoting cultural and socio-economic considerations to set realistic and effective restoration targets for specific basins.

• Developing and maintaining financial support systems to implement and sustain projects.

Effects of climate change from alterations of water levels, increasing temperatures, and promoting harmful algal blooms (can also include the mitigation potential of lakes regarding IPCC predicted climatic extremes (floods; droughts)

Controlling invasive species in lakes through strategies like biological control, habitat restoration, and chemical treatments to restore native ecosystems.

Nutrient enrichment of lakes leading to excessive plant and algal growth and deoxygenation events that degrade water quality.(can also include something about identifying and addressing nurrient sources; should also include a theme on lake pollution in general, including including sediments, toxic substances, pharmaceuticals, etc.)

Use of mathematical simulations, AI, and statistical models to understand and predict lake behaviour, supporting water quality management and decision-making.

• Implementing NbS, such as wetland restoration and afforestation, to enhance ecosystem services and resilience to climate change.

• Leveraging natural processes to support biodiversity, improve water quality, and reduce disaster risks.

Advances in lake monitoring from IoT, remote sensing, and low-cost sensors to track water quality and ecosystem health.

Integrating the management of all water resources—surface, groundwater, and wastewater—to achieve sustainable water use. (case studies, if available, would be very informative in this session)

Remote sensing technologies to generation information on lake extent, water levels, and water quality, to aid in comprehensive lake management.

• Lake restoration methods aimed at improving water quality, habitat, and biodiversity to return lakes to a healthier state. (should include lake restoration case studies, both successes and failures, as guidance for efforts elsewhere)

• Contributing guidelines and targets for lake restoration are set to achieve specific ecological and water quality outcomes based on scientific assessment. (could also mention role/culture/capacities of lake basin inhabitants as factors in setting realistic targets for specific lake basins)

• Methods to secure funding for lake restoration and implement projects that enhance water quality and ecosystem health. (including descriptmethods for ensuring their sustainability)ion

Examining the unique features of tropical lakes, including their high biodiversity and productivity as well as their vulnerability to climate change and human activities.

Examining saline lakes as unique ecosystems, and the challenges to them from water diversion and climate change.

Managing water resources sustainably to meet current and future demands and securing water quantity and quality.