Noeline Raondry Rakotoarisoa, Setting the scene for sustainable water management in biosphere reserves in SEE and the Mediterranean Venice, 16-17 December 2021 Overall responsibility for the views and opinions expressed in the slides is taken by the authors

4. Lake Chad is a water body …….
which needs to be better known for sound management
Lake Chad is a socio-ecosystem
where conservation of biodiversity and natural resources and economic
development must be reconciled
Lake Chad is a shared ecosystem and a cross road ……where communities are
leaving together and meeting in a multicultural environment for centuries….
But where conflict between communities are arising these last decades

5. 5
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UNESCO’s water security programme

6. NATURAL SCIENCES
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UNESCO’s programme on interaction
between human-being and environmen
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GLOBAL:
727 Biosphere
reserves
In 131 countries
22 TBRs
AFRICA :
86 Biosphere
reserves
In 31 countries
2 in Lake Chad
Basin

7. 7
UNESCO’s multisectoral,
multidisciplinary and integrated
response
Biosphere and
Heritage Lake Chad
BIOPALT

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UNESCO’s integrated,multidisciplinary,
multisectoral and integrated response
Biosphere and
Heritage Lake Chad
BIOPALT
 BIOPALT aims at strengthening capacities of
5 LCBC Member States to safeguard and
sustainably manage the hydrological,
biological and cultural resources of the Lake
Chad basin socio-ecosystem across their
borders in order to support poverty reduction
and promote peace.
 a component of the Programme to
Rehabilitate and Strengthen the Resilience of
Lake Chad Basin Systems (PRESIBALT)
The BIOPALT project develops a
multidisciplinary and multisectoral
approach mobilizing the expertise of
UNESCO and involving the Science
sector i) Program on Man and the
Biosphere (MAB) ii) International
Hydrological Program (IHP) and that of
Culture iii ) World Heritage Center
(WHC).
FOCUS: WOMEN & YOUTH (PEV)&IP

9. BIOPALT four Components

10. BIOPALT four Components

11. BIOPALTMain Achievements
- 30,000 beneficiaries of income-generating activities, including 13,000 women
- 2,000 people trained in the peaceful management of natural resources and cultural
heritage
- 10 ha of ponds and dune plains restored
- 1 Biosphere Reserve created and 3 in the process of being created
- 1 transboundary world heritage site proposed
- 1 Water Quality Monitoring Portal completed
- 1 Platform for monitoring floods and droughts
- 1 Master Training Program and 1 MOCC on the MAB Program and biosphere reserves (the
first in Africa)
- 2 community radios launched