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Facts and figures
Tunisia is located in an arid region. Rainfall averages 230 mm/year (ranging from 100 mm in the extreme South to 1,000 mm/year in the Mogods – Kroumirie mountains). There is considerable rainfall variability during the year.

 
News from OSS and the world
The third OSS General Assembly
Representatives of member States and organisations attended the two-day meeting which saw rich debates and culminated in the adoption of various resolutions pertaining to our institution’s governance, work and strategic outlook...
Regional workshop on the IPCC Fourth Assessment Report's findings
OSS and the IPCC Technical Support Unit are jointly organising a regional outreach workshop on the findings of the IPCC Fourth Assessment Report. The workshop, which is aimed at African researchers, will take place on 29-30 April 2008. To be considered for participation, please submit your application no later than 5 April 2008...
International conference on Managing shared aquifer resources in Africa
Libya’s General Water Authority (GWA), UNESCO and OSS will organise an international conference on "Managing Shared Aquifer Resources in Africa" on 25-27 May 2008 in Tripoli, Libya. A call for papers has been issued...
OSS sets up key water resources management tools in IAS countries
OSS has set up a water resources management toolkit in Mali, Niger and Nigeria as part of the "Management of Transboundary Hydrogeological Risks in the Iullemeden Aquifer System (IAS)" project
African Water Week
The African Development Bank (AfDB) and the African Minister’s Council on Water (AMCOW) will co-organise the first edition of African Water Week on 26-28 March 2008 in Tunis

 

Our partnerships underpin sustainable development in the circum-Sahara by enabling members and network peers to address water management, land degradation and the variabilities of a changing climate.

 
Recent publications

– The Iullemeden Aquifer System: concerted management of the shared water resources of a Sahelian transboundary aquifer

– The Great Green Wall of the Sahara and the Sahel Initiative

Quotation of the month
Treat the Earth well. It is not inherited from your parents; it is borrowed from your children – old Kenyan proverb

     
     
Observatoire du Sahara et du Sahel - Sahara and Sahel Observatory, Tunis, Tunisia © OSS 2007
05-17-2008