The Association for the Protection of Lake Geneva (Association pour la sauvegarde du Léman) is a non-profit, apolitical, scientific and state-approved Franco-Swiss association. With a present membership of 6,000 in the Swiss cantons of Geneva, Vaud and Valais, and in the French departments of Ain and Haute-Savoie, the ASL aims to save the long-term biological and chemical quality of the water of Lake Geneva.
Activities
The Association for the Protection of Lake Geneva
informs, through its quarterly Lémaniques, and raises awareness among residents of the Geneva basin through numerous events, meetings, exhibitions, etc.;
raises awareness, particularly among young people, by organizing vacation camps;
carries out research projects, including the “Lemano” study;
acts in the field through the “Clean Rivers Action” and the “Clean Lake Action”,which identify, list and evaluate pollutant discharges that spill into the rivers of the Lake Geneva basin;
calls on the local population to adhere to the “Lake Geneva Region Water Charter”;
encourages local governments to adopt appropriate sanitation measures and to apply the principles of the “Lake Geneva Region Water Charter”.
with a broad range of regional institutions and organizations, including "Coordination Rivières", "Contrats de Rivières", schools, municipalities, cantons, and federal and local authorities.
Publications
Lémaniques (quarterly); Sauvons le Léman ; Les Algues d'Abaddon (comic strip); Naviguer sans divaguer (a navigator's guide), and various leaflets and brochures. For a complete list, see the website.
Keywords
biological diversity, education, freshwater, public awareness
