Monday, 15 June 2009

Conferences and meetings held at Oursi


Photo © NATURAMA
NATURAMA held a conference on climate change on May 1st at Lake Oursi. The conference took place in the framework of the National Adaptation Programme of Action of Burkina Faso under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. One of the suggested activities under the Plan relates to Lake Oursi. On May 1st and 2nd, NATURAMA held a meeting with the Oursi Site Support Group, discussing progress in the Oursi action plan. In addition, from May 2nd to May 6th, training was organised for the Site Support Group at Oursi, in monitoring the ecological status of the ecosystems, including the avifauna. The training, which was made possible through the support of the Dutch group Vogelwacht Utrecht, focused on the use of a Global Positioning System (GPS).

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