Lake Dianchi Freshwater Biodiversity Restoration Project

The objective of the proposed four-year GEF project is to restore and manage habitats around the lake in order to secure the conservation of the remaining endemic species of Lake Dianchi and its immediate tributaries. This will be achieved by providing suitable breeding habitat, comprehensively surveying the biological environment of the Lake and its immediate tributaries, establishing a program to monitor lake quality improvements (using the presence/abundance of the endemic species as indicators of improved ecosystem health), and improving public awareness of the Lake region’s unique biological environment.