In July, a two day workshop of the Integrated Lake Basin Management in South America was successfully organized in Rio de Janeiro. It was attended widely from 5 South American countries; Chile, Uruguay, Argentina, Colombia and Brazil. Some of our past JICA Training Participants also attended and presented their ongoing projects based on the ILBM. Prof. Walter Rast (Texas State University, USA), our Scientific Committee Chair gave his keynote lecture to the enthusiastic participants. Special thanks to our local organizer, Carlos Chagas Filho Biophysics Institute of Brazil Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, and to all the participants. (July 28-29, 2017)