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G-WADI is co-hosting an international workshop on:
Climate Change Impact on Water Resources Risk:
Risk, Assessment and Management in Arid and Semi-arid Regions
24-26 November 2009, Amman, Jordan

Summary report of the Tunis side event, "Hydrological changes in semi-arid and arid areas under climatic and human influences: focus on the Mediterranean region"


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The effects of desertficiation are evident in this photo, taken in Senegal in the area of the Senegal River
   credit: Roger, Dominique
For many of us, water simply flows from a faucet, and we think little about it beyond this point of contact. We have lost a sense of respect for the wild river, for the complex workings of a wetland, for the intricate web of life that water supports.

   - Sandra Postel

Global high resolution satellite precipitation tools developed at UCI-CHRS for G-WADI

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