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The Water Crisis in the Inner Niger Delta (Mali)

Language(s): English , Author(s): Elhadj Bakary Kone, Wetlands International Mali Office.

This presentation decribes the water crisis in the Inner Niger Delta of Mali, one of the continent's largest wetlands, and the relation to dam building upstream and climate change. It is made by Bakary Kone from the Wetlands International Mali Office for our press conference on the Future of the Niger River at the World Water Forum 6 in Marseille, France.


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The water crisis in the Inner Niger Delta, Mali - By Bakary Kone


Related Action(s):
Biodiversity and food security Atlas for the Niger Basin, Case Study of the Inner Niger Delta (WETwin), Dams in Mali, For a healthy Inner Niger Delta, Mali, Influencing policies along the Niger River, Integrated water resources management in the Upper Niger Basin, Mali, Inner Niger Delta, Poverty reduction in the Inner Niger Delta, Mali, Support for the local dialogue on water, food and the environment in Mali

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