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Bringing Water for Greater Prosperity in the Senegal River Basin
http://www.worldbank.org/en/region/afr - A new push to alleviate water scarcity and improve farming prospects will benefit millions of people in Guinea, Mali, Mauritania and Senegal.
Learn more: http://www.worldbank.org/en/country/senegal
Feature Article: http://www.worldbank.org/en/news/feature/2013/12/05/fighting-drought-building-resilience-in-the-sahel-one-community-at-a-time
published: 06 Dec 2013
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Along Senegal River
Viaggio lungo il fiume Senegal
published: 06 Sep 2017
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🇸🇳 Senegal's Sinking Villages | Al Jazeera World
According to the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) 200 million people will be displaced by 2050 due to shoreline erosion, coastal flooding and agricultural disruption.
Doune Baba Dieye was once a vibrant fishing community on the Langue de Barbarie, a narrow, 30km peninsula that has protected the Senegalese port city of Saint-Louis from the Atlantic Ocean for centuries.
But changing weather patterns and heavy rainfall in 2003 led to flooding inland and a rise in sea levels that have now submerged part of the south of the peninsula. Today, the southern part of the Langue de Barbarie is an island and the village of Doune Baba Dieye under more than a metre of water.
But the impact of climate change would not have been so great had local authorities not tried to fix the problem. By...
published: 25 Jul 2018
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BOU EL MOGDAD - DAY & NIGHT ON THE SENEGAL RIVER
Trailer B F-T Movie "DER FLUSSLASTER": insight info passenger life on board of the only former westafrican cargo ship on the Senegal river.
published: 11 Jan 2012
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Zooming in on SENEGAL | Geography of SENEGAL with Google Earth
In this series I'm zooming in on countries with Google Earth, and it's time to take a look at Senegal! Google Earth gives information about cities, bordering countries, coordinates, distances, and I can use street view! Thank you, Google Earth, for showing us our beautiful earth!
Watch all geography videos here: https://bit.ly/2Dautp1
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/travel.and.geography/
Camera: GoPro Hero 7 Black
Microphone: Zoom H5 Handy Recorder
Music from Epidemic Sound (epidemicsound.com)
Made with:
Google Earth Studio
Adobe Premiere Pro
Information:
Worldatlas.com
Nations Encyclopedia
Wikipedia
Google Maps
Our World in Data
Britannica
published: 09 Mar 2021
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Fighting Malaria in the Senegal River Basin
Millions of people living in Guinea, Mali, Mauritania, and Senegal are now being protected from malaria and a number of debilitating neglected tropical diseases. A World Bank funded project that is improving water resources management in the Senegal River Basin is also fighting diseases associated with water and how it is used to irrigate crops. In the first phase of the project, 3.1 million insecticide-treated mosquito nets were distributed to protect about 5.6 million people from malaria.
published: 24 Apr 2014
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Senegal river near Diamou, Kayes, Mali
Senegal river near Diamou, Kayes, Mali
Field mission to Morocco, Mauritania and Mali - 2013/2014
Film by JC Brito
BIODESERTS--Biodiversity of Deserts and Arid Regions
http://cibio.up.pt/cibio.php?content=groups&menu=groups&group=biodesert
http://cibio.up.pt/crocodilos
http://www.facebook.com/Biodeserts
BIODESERTS is a research group hosted by CIBIO/University of Porto. It is focused on assessing biodiversity patterns in deserts and arid regions. The objectives are to: i) advance scientific knowledge on these environments; ii) produce outputs of high scientific standard and guidelines for conservation policies; iii) train human resources in desert evolution and conservation biology; and iv) communicate scientific activities and improve public appreciation on desert biodiversity.
published: 22 Feb 2014
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Senegal's massive reforestation project
Senegalese farmers along the Casamance River delta have been planting millions of mangrove buds to reforest the region. After decades of clearing the forests for firewood, saltwater has intruded into the delta, turning farmland into barren fields. Mangrove forests are a natural barrier against saltwater, host diverse ecosystems, and slow desertification. They also absorb significant amounts of carbon. The huge reforestation project has many partners, and forms part of the Great Green Wall initiative to halt desertification and soil erosion in the Sahel.
#DWAfrica #Senegal #Reforestation
published: 20 Dec 2020
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Crossing Senegal river near Kayes, Mali
Fieldwork mission of 2007 to Mauritania-Mali.
Film by R. Vasconcelos
BIODESERTS--Biodiversity of Deserts and Arid Regions
http://cibio.up.pt/cibio.php?content=groups&menu=groups&group=biodesert
http://cibio.up.pt/crocodilos
BIODESERTS is a research group hosted by CIBIO/University of Porto. It is focused on assessing biodiversity patterns in deserts and arid regions. The objectives are to: i) advance scientific knowledge on these environments; ii) produce outputs of high scientific standard and guidelines for conservation policies; iii) train human resources in desert evolution and conservation biology; and iv) communicate scientific activities and improve public appreciation on desert biodiversity.
published: 27 Aug 2012
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Bringing Water for Greater Prosperity in the Senegal River Basin
http://www.worldbank.org/en/region/afr - A new push to alleviate water scarcity and improve farming prospects will benefit millions of people in Guinea, Mali, M...
http://www.worldbank.org/en/region/afr - A new push to alleviate water scarcity and improve farming prospects will benefit millions of people in Guinea, Mali, Mauritania and Senegal.
Learn more: http://www.worldbank.org/en/country/senegal
Feature Article: http://www.worldbank.org/en/news/feature/2013/12/05/fighting-drought-building-resilience-in-the-sahel-one-community-at-a-time
https://gemeentedelft.info/Bringing_Water_For_Greater_Prosperity_In_The_Senegal_River_Basin
http://www.worldbank.org/en/region/afr - A new push to alleviate water scarcity and improve farming prospects will benefit millions of people in Guinea, Mali, Mauritania and Senegal.
Learn more: http://www.worldbank.org/en/country/senegal
Feature Article: http://www.worldbank.org/en/news/feature/2013/12/05/fighting-drought-building-resilience-in-the-sahel-one-community-at-a-time
- published: 06 Dec 2013
- views: 7394
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🇸🇳 Senegal's Sinking Villages | Al Jazeera World
According to the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) 200 million people will be displaced by 2050 due to shoreline erosion, coastal flooding and agricul...
According to the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) 200 million people will be displaced by 2050 due to shoreline erosion, coastal flooding and agricultural disruption.
Doune Baba Dieye was once a vibrant fishing community on the Langue de Barbarie, a narrow, 30km peninsula that has protected the Senegalese port city of Saint-Louis from the
Atlantic Ocean for centuries.
But changing weather patterns and heavy rainfall in 2003 led to flooding inland and a rise in sea levels that have now submerged part of the south of the peninsula. Today, the southern part of the Langue de Barbarie is an island and the village of Doune Baba Dieye under more than a metre of water.
But the impact of climate change would not have been so great had local authorities not tried to fix the problem. By 2003, as rain hit record levels, the Senegal River threatened to overflow its banks and to flood the commercially important Saint-Louis.
As floodwaters upstream slowly wound their way down the river into the Atlantic, the authorities hastily dug a four-metre-wide trench through the Langue de Barbarie. They hoped the trench would disperse the floodwaters more quickly.
We worked all day long. We fished at night and farmed during the day … We're now homeless and unemployed.
Ahmeth Segne Diagne, Doune Baba Dieye village chief
The trench quickly widened to 800 metres, splitting the peninsula in two. What was once a four-metre-wide trench has today grown to a four-kilometre-wide channel that's made access to the mainland more difficult for fishermen and some 120,000 Langue de Barbarie residents.
The artificial channel has also brought about an ecological disaster beyond Senegal's coast, as salt water from the Atlantic has flooded into coastal wetlands, killing mangroves, driving away birds and affecting flora and fauna.
Letting saline Atlantic water infiltrate the Senegal River has had an impact on farmers who had long relied on the waterway to irrigate and grow their crops. Now salt levels are too high and agricultural tracts near the mouth of the Senegal River have gone fallow.
Before the waters devoured Doune Baba Dieye, village chief Ahmeth Segne Diagne had lived in balance with the earth and sea. Today, he and other former Doune Baba Dieye residents are climate refugees living primarily in temporary camps on the Senegalese mainland.
"We worked all day long," he says. "We fished at night and farmed during the day … We're now homeless and unemployed."
According to a 2013 World Bank report, the sea off Langue de Barbarie was already suffering from overfishing before the breach was made in the sandbar in 2003. But the village of Gandiol has now seen its coastline progressively submerged.
Marieme Diabla had always made a living selling dry fish in the village - but now says that fishermen don't come much to Gandiol:
"We spent our childhood between the river and the sea. There was no real distance between them. We worked in fishing and agriculture for many years when the farms were planted with vegetables," she says. "Now it's all gone because of the channel project. Even fishing which was once easy, is now difficult. Fishermen used to fish here. Now they use boats with engines to fish elsewhere."
The Langue de Barbarie has become a case study on how attempts to wield and manage the forces of nature can go disastrously wrong.
In an effort to redress the disaster, Senegal has launched a series of engineering studies and hired a French construction company to build an embankment that will shield coastal homes from the ocean. After a recent visit, French President Emmanuel Macron pledged $18.6m to help protect the historic city of Saint-Louis from coastal erosion, adding to existing funds from the World Bank.
More from Al Jazeera World on:
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#AlJazeeraWorld #AlJazeeraEnglish #Senegal
https://gemeentedelft.info/🇸🇳_Senegal's_Sinking_Villages_|_Al_Jazeera_World
According to the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) 200 million people will be displaced by 2050 due to shoreline erosion, coastal flooding and agricultural disruption.
Doune Baba Dieye was once a vibrant fishing community on the Langue de Barbarie, a narrow, 30km peninsula that has protected the Senegalese port city of Saint-Louis from the
Atlantic Ocean for centuries.
But changing weather patterns and heavy rainfall in 2003 led to flooding inland and a rise in sea levels that have now submerged part of the south of the peninsula. Today, the southern part of the Langue de Barbarie is an island and the village of Doune Baba Dieye under more than a metre of water.
But the impact of climate change would not have been so great had local authorities not tried to fix the problem. By 2003, as rain hit record levels, the Senegal River threatened to overflow its banks and to flood the commercially important Saint-Louis.
As floodwaters upstream slowly wound their way down the river into the Atlantic, the authorities hastily dug a four-metre-wide trench through the Langue de Barbarie. They hoped the trench would disperse the floodwaters more quickly.
We worked all day long. We fished at night and farmed during the day … We're now homeless and unemployed.
Ahmeth Segne Diagne, Doune Baba Dieye village chief
The trench quickly widened to 800 metres, splitting the peninsula in two. What was once a four-metre-wide trench has today grown to a four-kilometre-wide channel that's made access to the mainland more difficult for fishermen and some 120,000 Langue de Barbarie residents.
The artificial channel has also brought about an ecological disaster beyond Senegal's coast, as salt water from the Atlantic has flooded into coastal wetlands, killing mangroves, driving away birds and affecting flora and fauna.
Letting saline Atlantic water infiltrate the Senegal River has had an impact on farmers who had long relied on the waterway to irrigate and grow their crops. Now salt levels are too high and agricultural tracts near the mouth of the Senegal River have gone fallow.
Before the waters devoured Doune Baba Dieye, village chief Ahmeth Segne Diagne had lived in balance with the earth and sea. Today, he and other former Doune Baba Dieye residents are climate refugees living primarily in temporary camps on the Senegalese mainland.
"We worked all day long," he says. "We fished at night and farmed during the day … We're now homeless and unemployed."
According to a 2013 World Bank report, the sea off Langue de Barbarie was already suffering from overfishing before the breach was made in the sandbar in 2003. But the village of Gandiol has now seen its coastline progressively submerged.
Marieme Diabla had always made a living selling dry fish in the village - but now says that fishermen don't come much to Gandiol:
"We spent our childhood between the river and the sea. There was no real distance between them. We worked in fishing and agriculture for many years when the farms were planted with vegetables," she says. "Now it's all gone because of the channel project. Even fishing which was once easy, is now difficult. Fishermen used to fish here. Now they use boats with engines to fish elsewhere."
The Langue de Barbarie has become a case study on how attempts to wield and manage the forces of nature can go disastrously wrong.
In an effort to redress the disaster, Senegal has launched a series of engineering studies and hired a French construction company to build an embankment that will shield coastal homes from the ocean. After a recent visit, French President Emmanuel Macron pledged $18.6m to help protect the historic city of Saint-Louis from coastal erosion, adding to existing funds from the World Bank.
More from Al Jazeera World on:
YouTube - http://aje.io/aljazeeraworldYT
Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/AlJazeeraWorld
Twitter - https://twitter.com/AlJazeera_World
Visit our website - http://www.aljazeera.com/aljazeeraworld
Subscribe to AJE on YouTube - http://aje.io/YTsubscribe
#AlJazeeraWorld #AlJazeeraEnglish #Senegal
- published: 25 Jul 2018
- views: 19569
4:51
BOU EL MOGDAD - DAY & NIGHT ON THE SENEGAL RIVER
Trailer B F-T Movie "DER FLUSSLASTER": insight info passenger life on board of the only former westafrican cargo ship on the Senegal river.
Trailer B F-T Movie "DER FLUSSLASTER": insight info passenger life on board of the only former westafrican cargo ship on the Senegal river.
https://gemeentedelft.info/Bou_El_Mogdad_Day_Night_On_The_Senegal_River
Trailer B F-T Movie "DER FLUSSLASTER": insight info passenger life on board of the only former westafrican cargo ship on the Senegal river.
- published: 11 Jan 2012
- views: 3191
11:51
Zooming in on SENEGAL | Geography of SENEGAL with Google Earth
In this series I'm zooming in on countries with Google Earth, and it's time to take a look at Senegal! Google Earth gives information about cities, bordering co...
In this series I'm zooming in on countries with Google Earth, and it's time to take a look at Senegal! Google Earth gives information about cities, bordering countries, coordinates, distances, and I can use street view! Thank you, Google Earth, for showing us our beautiful earth!
Watch all geography videos here: https://bit.ly/2Dautp1
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/travel.and.geography/
Camera: GoPro Hero 7 Black
Microphone: Zoom H5 Handy Recorder
Music from Epidemic Sound (epidemicsound.com)
Made with:
Google Earth Studio
Adobe Premiere Pro
Information:
Worldatlas.com
Nations Encyclopedia
Wikipedia
Google Maps
Our World in Data
Britannica
https://gemeentedelft.info/Zooming_In_On_Senegal_|_Geography_Of_Senegal_With_Google_Earth
In this series I'm zooming in on countries with Google Earth, and it's time to take a look at Senegal! Google Earth gives information about cities, bordering countries, coordinates, distances, and I can use street view! Thank you, Google Earth, for showing us our beautiful earth!
Watch all geography videos here: https://bit.ly/2Dautp1
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/travel.and.geography/
Camera: GoPro Hero 7 Black
Microphone: Zoom H5 Handy Recorder
Music from Epidemic Sound (epidemicsound.com)
Made with:
Google Earth Studio
Adobe Premiere Pro
Information:
Worldatlas.com
Nations Encyclopedia
Wikipedia
Google Maps
Our World in Data
Britannica
- published: 09 Mar 2021
- views: 982
2:22
Fighting Malaria in the Senegal River Basin
Millions of people living in Guinea, Mali, Mauritania, and Senegal are now being protected from malaria and a number of debilitating neglected tropical diseases...
Millions of people living in Guinea, Mali, Mauritania, and Senegal are now being protected from malaria and a number of debilitating neglected tropical diseases. A World Bank funded project that is improving water resources management in the Senegal River Basin is also fighting diseases associated with water and how it is used to irrigate crops. In the first phase of the project, 3.1 million insecticide-treated mosquito nets were distributed to protect about 5.6 million people from malaria.
https://gemeentedelft.info/Fighting_Malaria_In_The_Senegal_River_Basin
Millions of people living in Guinea, Mali, Mauritania, and Senegal are now being protected from malaria and a number of debilitating neglected tropical diseases. A World Bank funded project that is improving water resources management in the Senegal River Basin is also fighting diseases associated with water and how it is used to irrigate crops. In the first phase of the project, 3.1 million insecticide-treated mosquito nets were distributed to protect about 5.6 million people from malaria.
- published: 24 Apr 2014
- views: 2891
0:34
Senegal river near Diamou, Kayes, Mali
Senegal river near Diamou, Kayes, Mali
Field mission to Morocco, Mauritania and Mali - 2013/2014
Film by JC Brito
BIODESERTS--Biodiversity of Deserts and Arid...
Senegal river near Diamou, Kayes, Mali
Field mission to Morocco, Mauritania and Mali - 2013/2014
Film by JC Brito
BIODESERTS--Biodiversity of Deserts and Arid Regions
http://cibio.up.pt/cibio.php?content=groups&menu=groups&group=biodesert
http://cibio.up.pt/crocodilos
http://www.facebook.com/Biodeserts
BIODESERTS is a research group hosted by CIBIO/University of Porto. It is focused on assessing biodiversity patterns in deserts and arid regions. The objectives are to: i) advance scientific knowledge on these environments; ii) produce outputs of high scientific standard and guidelines for conservation policies; iii) train human resources in desert evolution and conservation biology; and iv) communicate scientific activities and improve public appreciation on desert biodiversity.
https://gemeentedelft.info/Senegal_River_Near_Diamou,_Kayes,_Mali
Senegal river near Diamou, Kayes, Mali
Field mission to Morocco, Mauritania and Mali - 2013/2014
Film by JC Brito
BIODESERTS--Biodiversity of Deserts and Arid Regions
http://cibio.up.pt/cibio.php?content=groups&menu=groups&group=biodesert
http://cibio.up.pt/crocodilos
http://www.facebook.com/Biodeserts
BIODESERTS is a research group hosted by CIBIO/University of Porto. It is focused on assessing biodiversity patterns in deserts and arid regions. The objectives are to: i) advance scientific knowledge on these environments; ii) produce outputs of high scientific standard and guidelines for conservation policies; iii) train human resources in desert evolution and conservation biology; and iv) communicate scientific activities and improve public appreciation on desert biodiversity.
- published: 22 Feb 2014
- views: 2523
3:24
Senegal's massive reforestation project
Senegalese farmers along the Casamance River delta have been planting millions of mangrove buds to reforest the region. After decades of clearing the forests fo...
Senegalese farmers along the Casamance River delta have been planting millions of mangrove buds to reforest the region. After decades of clearing the forests for firewood, saltwater has intruded into the delta, turning farmland into barren fields. Mangrove forests are a natural barrier against saltwater, host diverse ecosystems, and slow desertification. They also absorb significant amounts of carbon. The huge reforestation project has many partners, and forms part of the Great Green Wall initiative to halt desertification and soil erosion in the Sahel.
#DWAfrica #Senegal #Reforestation
https://gemeentedelft.info/Senegal's_Massive_Reforestation_Project
Senegalese farmers along the Casamance River delta have been planting millions of mangrove buds to reforest the region. After decades of clearing the forests for firewood, saltwater has intruded into the delta, turning farmland into barren fields. Mangrove forests are a natural barrier against saltwater, host diverse ecosystems, and slow desertification. They also absorb significant amounts of carbon. The huge reforestation project has many partners, and forms part of the Great Green Wall initiative to halt desertification and soil erosion in the Sahel.
#DWAfrica #Senegal #Reforestation
- published: 20 Dec 2020
- views: 43481
1:24
Crossing Senegal river near Kayes, Mali
Fieldwork mission of 2007 to Mauritania-Mali.
Film by R. Vasconcelos
BIODESERTS--Biodiversity of Deserts and Arid Regions
http://cibio.up.pt/cibio.php?co...
Fieldwork mission of 2007 to Mauritania-Mali.
Film by R. Vasconcelos
BIODESERTS--Biodiversity of Deserts and Arid Regions
http://cibio.up.pt/cibio.php?content=groups&menu=groups&group=biodesert
http://cibio.up.pt/crocodilos
BIODESERTS is a research group hosted by CIBIO/University of Porto. It is focused on assessing biodiversity patterns in deserts and arid regions. The objectives are to: i) advance scientific knowledge on these environments; ii) produce outputs of high scientific standard and guidelines for conservation policies; iii) train human resources in desert evolution and conservation biology; and iv) communicate scientific activities and improve public appreciation on desert biodiversity.
https://gemeentedelft.info/Crossing_Senegal_River_Near_Kayes,_Mali
Fieldwork mission of 2007 to Mauritania-Mali.
Film by R. Vasconcelos
BIODESERTS--Biodiversity of Deserts and Arid Regions
http://cibio.up.pt/cibio.php?content=groups&menu=groups&group=biodesert
http://cibio.up.pt/crocodilos
BIODESERTS is a research group hosted by CIBIO/University of Porto. It is focused on assessing biodiversity patterns in deserts and arid regions. The objectives are to: i) advance scientific knowledge on these environments; ii) produce outputs of high scientific standard and guidelines for conservation policies; iii) train human resources in desert evolution and conservation biology; and iv) communicate scientific activities and improve public appreciation on desert biodiversity.
- published: 27 Aug 2012
- views: 447