Annex 1 First Action Plan (2008-2010) for the implementation of the Africa EU strategic partnership on climate change. Annex 2 Specific terms of reference: AU-EU study to assess the scope and pre-feasibility of the Great Green Wall for the Sahara and Sahel Initiative Annex 3 Classification and predictions of climate change for the Sahel, Sahara and the Horn of Africa (based on...

This itroductory note is a preliminry study on the Great Green Wall Initiative in the CEN-SAD region carried out by the Sahara and Sahel Observatory under the supervision of Youba Sokona, OSS Executive Secretary and Chedli Fezzani, Senior Geographic Engineer.  For most CEN-SAD countries, where the bulk of the population is rural, sustainable development means, first and foremost, the "conservation of...

The analysis of the anti-desertification SRAPs has demonstrated the utility of action on the sub-regional level. Moreover, in this perspective, the circum-Saharan space appears to be the ideal geographic unit for strengthening the fight against desertification around the Sahara and the Sahel. There are in fact several complementarities between States and the sub-regions. Africans in general, and Saharans and Sahelians...

This study is in response to a request of member countries and organisations that OSS and GTZ signed an agreement in December 2005 to undertake a study on 'adaptation to climate change and the fight against desertification'. Starting with current knowledge of the issue, this study aims to define adaptation strategies, to determine the way they relate to the fight...