Resources

Mali / Water management of wetlands: towards setting a methodology for determining environmental flows for the Upper and Inner Niger Delta

The development of a participatory methodology for determining environmental flows for the Upper and Inner Niger Delta, was the purpose of the international workshop that […]

Kenya / Climate Resilient Flyway Network Workshop in Kisumu – Wetlands International exchanges experiences in wetlands’ conservation for waterbirds and sustainable livelihoods in a changing climate

Wetlands International, its partners and other stakeholders from all over the world converged for a Climate Resilient Flyway Network Workshop from the 20th to 24thMarch […]

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Climate and disaster risks

Arid wetlands are vital water stores in otherwise uninhabitable landscapes. They help strengthen the capacity of local people to survive droughts and fight desertification. A […]

Senegal / Climate Change Adaptation – With support from Wetlands International, journalists set up the “Friends of Mangrove Journalists Association” and a “Network on Climate Change”

Senegalese journalists of Fatick and Kaolack (center) together with their colleagues from St. Louis (North), have recently created the Friends of Mangrove Journalists Association (AAJAM) […]

Mali / Reducing Disasters Risks, Climate Change Adaptation – PfR villages inspired by the experience of PADIN2 in Bambarawel

The ‘Reducing Disasters Risks, Climate Change Adaptation, Management and Restoration of Ecosystems’ Project (RRD / ACC / GRE) in the inner Niger Delta, which is […]

Managing Mali’s Wetland Wealth for People and Nature

Wetlands International has been in Mali since 1998. As we near the end of a second decade in the country, we want to highlight and celebrate what’s […]

Water sharing in the Upper Niger Basin

The scope of this study encompasses the Upper Niger Basin in Mali, focussing on the downstream Inner Niger Delta up to Tombouctou. It focuses on […]

The Water Crisis in the Inner Niger Delta (Mali)

The presentation below describes the water crisis in the Inner Niger Delta of Mali, one of the continent’s largest wetlands, and the relation to dam […]

Management impact of scarce water resources of the Upper Niger on the IND

This presentation on the Inner Niger Delta discusses the hydrology, water grab by existing and future dams, socio-economic and ecological impacts of water grab downstream, […]

Towards a further extension of the OPIDIN tool

OPIDIN is a predictive model to forecast the flooding of the Inner Niger Delta when the water starts to raise. OPIDIN is an acronym for […]