Did you know that the second largest source of greenhouse gas emissions is Land sector with 25% of global emissions right after the energy sector and that half of said emissions (5-10 GtCO2 annually) result from deforestation and forest degradation?
Indeed, 2.6 billion tons of carbon dioxide, representing one-third of the CO2 emissions comes from burning fossil fuels and is absorbed by forests every year (source: IUCN).
As part of the GMES@Africa project, a first training session, organized by the Sahara and Sahel Observatory, took place on August 18 and focused on «Reviewing the reporting of the SDG indicator 15.3.1 based on the new UNCCD best practice guidelines». This session will be followed by a set of five (5) tele-trainings dedicated to “Land Degradation/Restoration Monitoring” service.
Courtesy visit this Thursday, June 24 by an OSS delegation to the CRDA of Jendouba where training demonstrations on the use of Earth Observation for the Sustainable Management of Water and Natural Resources proceed through GMES operational services and the MISBAR (monitoring of seasonal agriculture and agricultural water use) and the MISLAND (monitoring of land degradation) platforms.
The first set of trainings on the use of Earth Observation for the Sustainable Management of Water and Natural Resources through GMES operational services and the MISBAR (monitoring of seasonal agriculture and the use of agricultural water) and the MISLAND (monitoring of land degradation) platforms provided by the OSS ended today, Friday June 25, at the CRDA of Bizerte.
Manouba, Tunisia
Mr. Amjed HADJ TAIEB, Junior Remote Sensing Expert at the OSS & Cdt. Ahmed EZZINE, Deputy Director at CNCT & National Coordinator of the GMES & Africa Project, co-facilitated this morning a training session on the MISBAR & MISLAND platforms in the premises of CRDA Manouba.
Mr. Mustapha MIMOUNI, GMES&Africa project Technical Coordinator and Remote Sensing/GIS Manager at the OSS, took part this morning in a consultation meeting on Earth Observation for Sustainable Land and Water Management in Africa - GMES & Africa Project.
An online training workshop on the use of the statistical tool CST for yield forecasting was organized on June 14-17, 2021 by the European Commission Joint Research Centre (JRC) and the OSS.
Capacity building is one of the four pillars of the GMES & Africa program.
As part of the GMES & Africa project and under the chairmanship of H.E. Mr. Al-Quseir, Minister of Agriculture and Land Reclamation and Chairman of the OSS Executive Board, the second workshop on “Using Remote sensing Technologies and GIS as a decision-making support tool for natural resources management” was launched on June 13 - 14, 2021 - Siwa Oasis.
Within the framework of the project "Improving IWRM, management and governance based on the knowledge of the Niger Basin and the Iullemeden-Taoudéni/Tanezrouft Aquifer System (ITTAS)" NB-ITTAS, the Sahara and Sahel Observatory in collaboration with the National Interministerial Committee of the project in Benin, organized on March 24 and 25, 2021, the workshop for the validation of the national ADT of the ITTAS aquifer system, Kandi Basin in Benin.
OSS organized a training workshop for the national partners of the three countries of the AdaptWAP project (Benin, Burkina Faso and Niger) on the use of the CIEL COMPTA software. This training, provided by OSS financial experts Rafik Ziadi and Nejib Ben Saoud, should enable beneficiaries to become familiar with the software, facilitating collaborative work and the production of effective and harmonized financial reports.