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LThe international community is increasingly concerned with the relationship between  global migration flows and environmental disturbances, including the degradation of  ecosystems and the effects of climate change. Indeed, this relationship has been proven  and the links between these two phenomena have become a major political issue on a  planetary scale. With a growing world population and deteriorating environmental  conditions, the challenges related to migration are likely to increase in the years ahead of us.

The present advocacy was developed by the Sahara and Sahel Observatory (OSS), in collaboration with the French Development Agency (AFD), as part of their joint capacity and knowledge building actions, and aims to support decision-makers in understanding the adaptation concept besides its relevance in combating the climate change effects. It precisely focuses on how adaptation measures could impact ecosystem restoration in the Maghreb and Sahel regions.

This work comes after two previous editions of monographs on water resources published by the Sahara and Sahel Observatory in 1995 and 2001. 

It is a summary of useful data and information for decision-makers and managers, but also to every single person interested in water issues.

It also provides avenues for reflection and guidance to the different and relevant operators, in order to improve the management and development of water resources, in the area of intervention of the Sahara and Sahel Observatory.

Given the commitments relating to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), the management of ecosystems and the protection of biodiversity have come to the forefront of political concerns. As a result, the international community has declared 2021-2030 the "Decade on Ecosystem  Restoration". 

This Atlas includes land cover maps of Algeria, Egypt, Jordan, Morocco, and Tunisia. It is intended to decisionmakers, development partners and the general public.

Through some fifty maps and a brief multi-thematic explanation, this Atlas aspires to highlight the linkages between ecosystem services and populations livelihoods in desert areas and their potentialities. 

The reader will also find illustrations about the major ecosystems of the project area and their role in transboundary cooperation and socio-economic development to address global changes.

Africa's diverse and rich ecosystems provide services that are essential to sustaining life. Their management is now at the heart of political issues. The economic, social and environmental value of ecosystems have come to the forefront of the collective consciousness.

Mobilizing groundwater from the Iullemeden - Taoudéni/Tanezrouft Aquifer System. Is it part of the solution? | Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals in the countries of the Sahel.

Integrated and coordinated management of the Iullemeden - Taoudéni/Tanezrouft Aquifer System and the Niger River water resources | Final Summary

Surface and groundwater resources are a strategic resource of the West African sub-region and have a crucial role to play in the economic and social development of the countries in the region.

GICRESAIT | Hydrogeological modelling

GICRESAIT | Hydrogeology and high potential areas

GICRESAIT | Hydroclimatology and Climate Change impact on Aquifers

GICRESAIT | Water Resources Atlas

This atlas targets policy makers, development partners and the general public. With about forty maps, graphics and photographs from the OSS-made regional study on the Iullemeden - Taoudéni/Tanezrouft transboundary aquifer, the atlas provides information on the water resources availability and supply in Algeria, Benin, Burkina Faso, Mali, Mauritania, Niger and Nigeria.