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Nearly 30 years after its first conference, the global network\u2014with over 130 member organizations\u2014is returning to Asia. In collaboration with our Indian partner organization, the Nature, Environment &#038; Wildlife Society (NEWS), and with funding from the International Climate Initiative (IKI) (<a href=\"https:\/\/globalnature.org\/en\/project\/biodiversity-climate-protection-through-living-lakes\/\">\u201cBiodiversity &#038; Climate Protection through Living Lakes \u2014 Global Nature Fund\u201d<\/a>), this year\u2019s conference is dedicated to the theme:<strong>\u201cResilient Lake and Wetland Landscapes: Scaling Up Locally Driven Innovation for Biodiversity and Climate\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>The conference&#8217;s main topics:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Flagship Project: Sundarbans\u2014<\/strong> Field Trips and Best-Practice Examples from One of the World\u2019s Most Ecologically Significant and Most Threatened Wetland Landscapes.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Four key areas:<\/strong> political framework conditions, capacity building (including through the Living Lakes Academy), innovative financing models, and global knowledge transfer.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Looking to the Future:<\/strong> Special emphasis is placed on the active role of young people and women in protecting resilient lake regions.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Attendance at the conference is by invitation only.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udc49 See &#8220;More Information&#8221; for details about the program, the field trips, and the various ways to get involved<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>17th International Living Lakes Conference 2026: Heading to India and the Sundarbans From December 1 to 4, 2026, the Living Lakes Network will bring together international experts in Kolkata and the Indian Sundarbans to advance local innovations for global climate and water conservation. 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