Senegal River Basin Study

2 October 2002

2002 CODATA Conference

Workshop on Scientific Data for Decision Making Toward Sustainable Development

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•Convened by the Senegal and U.S. National CODATA Committees on 11-15 March 2002 in Dakar, Senegal

•Examined data sources and data handling in West African region, using the Senegal River Basin (in Senegal, Mali, Mauritania, and Guinea) as a case study to determine how S&T data are or can be better used in decision making related to sustainable development

•Sponsored by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. INT-0138247


	The Workshop examined some of the scientific databases that have been collected or created about the Senegal River basin (in Senegal, Mali, Mauritania, and Guinea) and used—or not used—for decision making for that region.

	A multidisciplinary approach was taken, including data and expertise in the areas of ecology, biodiversity, biology, agronomy, hydrology, meteorology, health and medical sciences, geography (geographic information systems or GIS), computer and information sciences, and social sciences.

	Activities included not only the workshop itself, but also site visits to the Diama Dam and the Senegal River Authority (OMVS) Documentation Center in Saint Louis and the Centre de Suivi Ecologique (Ecological Monitoring Center) in Dakar.