The long-term goal of the project is to improve water management in light of climate change impacts in order to improve ecological functioning and human well being. The project objective has two foci: to address urgent issues through improved environmental management and, secondly, to show how climate change information and improved data on water can be used to enhance resource management and decision making at several levels, including technical, policy, and community level demand side management. Both of these aspects will be replicable in other oasian environments, which are particularly fragile ecosystems. This is key to the country’s development as the country is perennially water deficient and mismanagement of water supplies will further hamper its development.

Project Details

GEF Project ID
3308
Country
Mauritania
Implementing Agencies
United Nations Environment Programme
Approval FY
1970
Status
Cancelled
Region
Africa
Executing Agencies
SOS Sahel International Mauritanie
GEF Period
GEF - 4
Project Type
Medium-size Project
Focal Areas
Funding Source
Least Developed Countries Fund

Financials

USD
Co-financing Total
1,400,000
GEF Project Grant
1,330,000
GEF Agency Fees
0

Timeline

Received by GEF
08 Jan 2007
Project Cancelled
18 Dec 2008