Final Candidate of the Ibaraki Kasumigaura Prize:

Candidate 1: Barak O Owuor (Kenya) --- "Towards Sustainable Development of Sacred Sites on the Landscapes of the Lake Victoria Basin (LVB) of East Africa"

Candidate 2: Jitendra Pandey (India) --- "The Influence of Atmospheric Deposition of Pollutant Elements on Cross - Domain Causal Relationships at Three Tropical Freshwater Lakes of India"

Candidate 3: Duwala and 3 other authors (China) --- "Compariwon of the ecological environment of the downstream of Hihe before and after water division based on the remote sense monitoring"

Candidate 4: William Okello (Uganda) --- "Seasonal development of cyanobacteria and microcystin production in Ugandan freshwater lakes"

Candidate 5: Shakil Ahmad Romshoo (India) --- "Geospatial modeling for Assessing the Nutrient load of a Hymalayan Lake"

Three conditions to be the final winner:

To register and pay registration fees and go to Wuhan (including preparation for travel obtaining visa) by themself.

To attend the conference and present their paper in a session

To attend the prize ceremony and receive prize certificates

Prize money will be paid after the prize ceremony to be held on November 2, 1830-2030hr.

Ibaraki Kasumigaura Prize
The prestigious Ibaraki Kasumigaura Prize will be awarded to 5 participants from developing countries to support their participation in the 13^th World Lake Conference. Winners of the Kasumigaura Prize will obtain sponsorship to participate in the conference.
Application for the Kasumigaura Prize is now closed.

Selection Timeline

10 July	1st screening ends
10-15 July	ILEC to compile the results from both Chinese and Japanese side
15-17 July	ILEC to inform all the authors aboutfull paper submission
10 August	Due date for full paper submission for participants eligible for 2nd screening
10-31 August	2nd (final) screening to be carried out by Ibaraki Prefecture
31 August	2nd (final) screening ends
1-10 September	Ibaraki Prefecture to inform the final result to all the 2nd screening candidates

Results of First Screening

Papers submitted for the Kasumigaura Prize are evaluated based on the following criteria: quality of the paper, geographical balance, gender balance, and the variety of topics. Below is the result of the first screening process for Kasumigaura Prize

Participant	Country	Title of Winning Paper
Barack O Owuor	Kenya	Towards sustainable development of sacred sites on the landscapes of the Lake Victoria Basin (LVB) of East Africa
Duwala	Inner Mongolia	Comparison of the ecological environment of the downstream of Heihe before and after water division based on the remote sense monitoring
Eduardo Von Sperling	Brazil	Shading as a lake restoration technique in a Brazilian water body
Jitendra Pandey	India	The influence of atmospheric deposition of pollutant elements on cross – Domain causal relationships at three tropical freshwater lakes of India
Lewis Sitoki	Kenya	Toxigenic Cyanobacteria in Nyanza Gulf of Lake Victoria; Public Health Risks
Li Jing Song	China	National cultural tradition and protection of lakes - Also on strategies of implementation of moral rule and environmental economic policy ethics
Macrina Tamayo- Zafaralla	Philippines	Limnological Development of Tropical Taal Lake, a Caldera in Southern Luzon, Philippines
Shakil Ahmad Romshoo	India	Geospatial modeling for assessing the nutrient load of a Himalayan Lake
Vishwas Yevale	India	Jal Dindi – Pilgrimage on water: An unique experiment to integrate tradition and culture with awareness and conservation of lake and its basin in Maharashtra, India.
William Okello	Uganda	Cyanobacterial seasonal dynamics and microcystin production in five Ugandan freshwater lakes

Congratulations to all participants selected for the Kasumigaura Prize. You are advised to submit your full papers to ILEC (nkimura@ilec.or.jp) by 10 August 2009. The second screening will be carried out by Ibaraki Prefectural government and the Kasumigaura Prize Special Steering Committee.

Participants not selected for the prize are encouraged to in your full papers to info@chinalakes.org for regular submission by 31 August 2009.