2 October 2002
2002 CODATA Conference
Statement of
Task
•Identify all
types of existing scientific and technical data and information
sources relating to the Senegal River basin that have been created
or collected by government, academic, and
private-sector entities.
•Examine how these
data and information sources have been used for research
and for various types of decision making regarding the
environment and people in the Senegal River basin area, using
specific examples.
•Identify
technical, scientific, management, and policy barriers encountered in
both the creation of these databases and in their use for
decision making. In identifying these
barriers, consider what was done previously and what might be done in the future to
overcome them.