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Nubian News

• Project Steering Committee meeting successfully held last December!
• Project Manager for the Nubian Aquifer Shared Aquifer Begins his New Assignment
• Nubian Aquifer Shared Aquifer Modelling Meeting

Announcements

• 21-25 May 2007 International Symposium on Advances in Isotope Hydrology and its Role in Sustainable Water Resources Management

Brochures

• Nubian Brochure

Reports

• First Project Steering Committee (PSC) Meeting
• GEF Medium-Sized Project (MSP)Proposal
• Baseline Meeting Report
• Nubian Sandstone Aquifer System Inception Meeting
• Nubian Project Implementation Plan (PIP)

Background

Ancient waters, unique landscapes

• Ancient sands, ancient waters
• Above the surface: NSAS countries and peoples
• Rich biodiversity and landscapes

More people, more development

• Tapping the NSAS for more
• Egypt and population growth
• Libya’s great man-made river
• Pressures in Sudan

Irrational use?

• How much remains?
• Over-abstraction and irrigation
• From ‘virtual’ water to climate change

Regional and National Efforts

• International initiatives
• The ‘Joint Authority’
• Regional IAEA assistance
• National efforts

Unlocking the underground mysteries

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Big Picture

Why Manage Shared Aquifers?

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IAEA Support for Countries Sharing Aquifers

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News Archive

• Nubian Aquifer Shared Aquifer Diagnostic Analysis/Strategic Action Programme (SADA/SAP) Training Course and SADA Planning/Management Meeting

The Project

Ground-breaking challenge

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Project partners

• UNDP/GEF
• IAEA, UNESCO, Countries, Joint Authority
• Project Steering Committee, Project Implementation Unit

Project goals and objectives

• Objective 1: Identify priority transboundary threats and root causes
• Objective 2: Fill key gaps
• Objective 3: Prepare a Strategic Action Programme (SAP)
• Objective 4: Establish the framework to implement the SAP

Project-wide considerations

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