Abuja hosts int'l conference on Lake Chad (Refiled to correct the date of conference)

26 Décembre 2017

Abuja, Nigeria, December 26 (Infosplusgabon) -  The Nigerian government and the Lake Chad Basin Commission (LCBC), with the support of the United Nation Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), is organizing an International Conference on Lake Chad, aimed at creating global awareness on the socio-economic and environmental challenges arising from the shrinkage of the Lake Chad.

According to the UNESCO media outlet, the conference will hold from Feb. 26 to 28, 2018, with the theme "Saving the Lake Chad to revitalize the Basin’s ecosystem for sustainable livelihood, security and development".

It said that the shrinkage of the Lake Chad is causing threats and inducing insecurity and that the conference will also develop a comprehensive programme for action to save the Lake from extinction.

The Sub-themes of the Conference are:

i. Restoration of Lake Chad: State of the art scientific knowledge and technical innovations;

ii. Lake Chad Water Transfer: prospects, challenges, and solutions;

iii. Social, environmental, cultural, and educational aspects in the current context;

iv. Security and regional cooperation aspects with a view to restoring peace in the Lake Chad basin;

v. Funding of approved options.

At the conference, stakeholders will discuss and develop consensus on the different solutions to restore Lake Chad, including the Inter Basin Water Transfer (IBWT) Project from the Ubangi River to the Lake Chad;

The conference will bring together experts, political-decision makers, donors, UN Specialized Agencies, scientific and technical experts, civil society, NGOs and researchers to exchange knowledge and share information on water resources development and management in a crisis environment for sustainable development in the Lake Chad Basin;

They will aim to attract political and financial support for the restoration option identified for the Lake Chad.

FIN/INFOSPLUSGABON/EIU/GABON 2017

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