CLEAR Activities in Year 2002

Year 2002

participation in the
World Summit on Sustainable Development

On 29 August 2002 at Johannesburg, South Africa, Ms. Amy Lecciones of the Society for the Conservation of Philippine Wetlands presented the CLEAR Partnership as one of the strategies for managing lakes during the World Summit on Sustainable Development side event on "Sustainable Management and Restoration of Wetlands and Lakes: Examples from the Living Lakes Network".

attendance to the 7th Living Lakes Conference

The 7th Living Lakes Conference was held on 20 to 25 August 2001 at Johannesburg, South Africa, the week before the World Summit on Sustainable Development. The theme of the conference was "Implementation of Agenda 21 in Lake Regions".

The Philippine delegation representing Laguna de Bay was composed of Ms. Amy Lecciones of the Society for the Conservation of Philippine Wetlands, Ms. Jika Mendoza-Dalupan and Mr. Chito Macapagal of the Unilever Philippines, and Ms. Lennie Borja of the Laguna Lake Development Authority.

participation in the Data Mining Workshop

The CLEAR partners participated in a Data Mining Workshop organized by Unilever PLC in cooperation with Global Nature Fund.

The workshop, which was held in London on 13-14 June 2002, aims to develop a dynamic toolkit based initially on the shared 4-year experience and know-how gathered in joint Living Lakes projects between Unilever companies and NGOs since 1998.

The toolkit will serve as a guide to NGOs and Unilever companies committing to new Living Lake partnerships, helping them to implement best practices.

CLEAR was one of the four Living Lakes partners present.

holding of the 1^st Stakeholders' Conference for Laguna de Bay
     "Laguna de Bay, A Lake for Life"

A big gathering, dubbed as the "Laguna de Bay, a Lake for Life" Stakeholders Conference", was held on the 4th of July 2002 at the National Arts Center in Mount Makiling. This launched the information campaign among the Laguna de Bay stakeholders. The campaign aims to encourage the active support and cooperation of all stakeholders in the conservation of Laguna de Bay.

Attended by stakeholders from various groups, government agencies and organizations, the gathering was graced by the presence of Rep. Joaquin Chipeco of the 2nd District of Laguna who took the lead in the ceremonial reading of pledges of the attendees.

ceremonial reading of pledges

commencement of the
Community Lake Monitoring Network

To celebrate the WORLD ENVIRONMENT DAY on 05 June 2002, CLEAR, in cooperation with the local government of Tanay, Rizal, held a Stakeholders Conference on "Laguna de Bay, A Lake for Life". The conference, which was opened by Mayor Tom Tanjuatco, was part of the roadshow information campaign for the conservation of Laguna de Bay.

Also presented during the conference was the Community Lake Monitoring Network which is going to be a cooperative program combining the technical resources of CLEAR and the volunteer efforts of the communities of Tanay and other lakeshore communities of Laguna de Bay to collect water quality data of their respective side of the lake.

More on the COMMUNITY LAKE MONITORING NETWORK >>

collaboration with the River Basin Councils

In a meeting held on 13 February 2002 at the Laguna Lake Development Authority Office, the Federation of River Basin Councils in the Laguna de Bay Region agreed to join with the CLEAR partners in the intensive environmental education and campaign in the lakeshore towns and industries.

The first collaborative activity with the federation is the roadshow which is one of the CLEAR activities planned for the year. The roadshow will be launched in April 2002 with a big gathering of representatives from stakeholders.

participation in the World Wetlands Day celebration

A Literary and Musical Night that paid tribute to humanity and its long time relationship with wetland ecosystems was held at the Likha-Diwa sa Gulod on 02 February 2002 to celebrate the World Wetlands Day. To illustrate this relationship and communicate its importance, the cultural night featured numbers such as musical numbers from local artists, poetry reading of literary pieces inspired by wetland ecosystems, showing of film clips, and photo exhibit.

CLEAR joined the celebration by showing its film clip entitled "Laguna de Bay in Focus" and participated in the photo exhibit featuring "Laguna de Bay, a Living Lake".

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