3rd Meeting, Global Workshop on Ecosystems Conservation and Restoration in Transboundary Basins.
10:00 – 11:15 | Session 3: The conservation and restoration of freshwater ecosystems in a transboundary context: a dynamic relationship between transboundary water cooperation and
biodiversity protection
Moderator: Mr. Lionel Launois, Head of international affairs unit, Directorate for water and
biodiversity, Ministry of Ecology, France
Case studies at the transboundary and basin level:
• Mr. Aleš Bizjak, Ministry of Natural Resources and Spatial Planning, Slovenia and Chair of the
Bureau of the Water Convention – Transboundary UNESCO Five-country Biosphere Reserve
Mura-Drava-Danube and the Mura River Biosphere Reserve
• Mr. Jose Genaro Musayon Ayala, Head of National Water Authority, Peru – Transboundary
cooperation and the conservation and restoration of freshwater ecosystems in Peru
• Ms. Sofia Perä, Project manager/ecologist, County Administrative Board of Norrbotten,
Sweden – The TRIWA LIFE project on the Torne river, shared between Finland and Sweden: a
successful example of river restoration in a transboundary context
• Ms. Sarah Iwueke, Associate Programme Officer, Freshwater Ecosystems and Wetlands Unit,
UNEP – Sustainable management of shared peatlands in the Congo Basin
• Mr. Catalin Burghelea, Head of Secretariat Section of the Danube-Prut and Black Sea Basin
Committee, Republic of Moldova & Ms. Tetiana Dvoretska, Chief Specialist of the
Department of Protection and Reproduction of Water Resources and Marine Ecosystems of
the Department of Sustainable Nature Management, Ministry of Environmental Protection
and Natural Resources, Ukraine – Cooperation on ecosystem conservation and restoration in
the Dniester basin
Questions and answers
11:15 – 12:30 | Session 4: Solutions, part 1 – Unlocking concrete approaches and tools to accelerate
the protection and restoration of shared freshwater ecosystems
Moderator: Ms. Mutinta Diangamo, Acting Principal Planner, Policy and Budgeting, Ministry of
Water Development and Sanitation, Zambia
Presentations on concepts and initiatives:
• Mr. Diego Jara, Legal Officer, IUCN – Nature-based Solutions (NbS) applied to freshwater
ecosystems
• Ms. Flavia Rocha Loures, Global Advisor for Freshwater Policy, The Nature Conservancy –
Theory and Practice of Transboundary Freshwater Protection
Case studies:
• Mr. John Dore, Lead Specialist, Climate Resilience and Water Security, Department of
Foreign Affairs and Trade, Australia – Environmental Watering in Australia's Transboundary
Murray-Darling Basin 5
• Mr. Luay Al-Daloo, Ministry of Water Resources, Republic of Iraq – Restoration of Hawizeh
Marshes in the South of Iraq
• Ms. Beauty Shamboko-Mbale, Freshwater Programme Lead, WWF Zambia – The Kafue River
restoration programme: best practices, challenges and lessons learned
Questions and answers
12:30 – 13.30 | Group work: identify challenges, solutions, and how to accelerate
Participants will gather in groups based on languages to collectively identify key messages, which will
be included in the outcome document of the Global Workshop.
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biodiversity protection
Moderator: Mr. Lionel Launois, Head of international affairs unit, Directorate for water and
biodiversity, Ministry of Ecology, France
Case studies at the transboundary and basin level:
• Mr. Aleš Bizjak, Ministry of Natural Resources and Spatial Planning, Slovenia and Chair of the
Bureau of the Water Convention – Transboundary UNESCO Five-country Biosphere Reserve
Mura-Drava-Danube and the Mura River Biosphere Reserve
• Mr. Jose Genaro Musayon Ayala, Head of National Water Authority, Peru – Transboundary
cooperation and the conservation and restoration of freshwater ecosystems in Peru
• Ms. Sofia Perä, Project manager/ecologist, County Administrative Board of Norrbotten,
Sweden – The TRIWA LIFE project on the Torne river, shared between Finland and Sweden: a
successful example of river restoration in a transboundary context
• Ms. Sarah Iwueke, Associate Programme Officer, Freshwater Ecosystems and Wetlands Unit,
UNEP – Sustainable management of shared peatlands in the Congo Basin
• Mr. Catalin Burghelea, Head of Secretariat Section of the Danube-Prut and Black Sea Basin
Committee, Republic of Moldova & Ms. Tetiana Dvoretska, Chief Specialist of the
Department of Protection and Reproduction of Water Resources and Marine Ecosystems of
the Department of Sustainable Nature Management, Ministry of Environmental Protection
and Natural Resources, Ukraine – Cooperation on ecosystem conservation and restoration in
the Dniester basin
Questions and answers
11:15 – 12:30 | Session 4: Solutions, part 1 – Unlocking concrete approaches and tools to accelerate
the protection and restoration of shared freshwater ecosystems
Moderator: Ms. Mutinta Diangamo, Acting Principal Planner, Policy and Budgeting, Ministry of
Water Development and Sanitation, Zambia
Presentations on concepts and initiatives:
• Mr. Diego Jara, Legal Officer, IUCN – Nature-based Solutions (NbS) applied to freshwater
ecosystems
• Ms. Flavia Rocha Loures, Global Advisor for Freshwater Policy, The Nature Conservancy –
Theory and Practice of Transboundary Freshwater Protection
Case studies:
• Mr. John Dore, Lead Specialist, Climate Resilience and Water Security, Department of
Foreign Affairs and Trade, Australia – Environmental Watering in Australia's Transboundary
Murray-Darling Basin 5
• Mr. Luay Al-Daloo, Ministry of Water Resources, Republic of Iraq – Restoration of Hawizeh
Marshes in the South of Iraq
• Ms. Beauty Shamboko-Mbale, Freshwater Programme Lead, WWF Zambia – The Kafue River
restoration programme: best practices, challenges and lessons learned
Questions and answers
12:30 – 13.30 | Group work: identify challenges, solutions, and how to accelerate
Participants will gather in groups based on languages to collectively identify key messages, which will
be included in the outcome document of the Global Workshop.
Related Sites and Documents
Learn more
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