The Science and Technology of
Environmental Security in Drylands

Pilot Projects

Israel

Project 1: Alleviating water shortage in the Gaza Strip by desalinating sea water using solar energy.

Project 2: Modeling the West Bank watershed to assist decision makers in determining how to optimally treat and use West Bank urban wastewater.

Project 3: Using spatially-explicit models driven by remotely- sensed and ground-collected agroforestry data to manage rangelands.

Botswana

Project 4: Enhancing use and management of groundwater in Botswana through in-situ monitoring and modeling of ground water, remote monitoring of land degradation, and training of local people.

Senegal

Project 5: Improving ground water management in the Sahel through information management and dissemination systems and through modeling and simulation.

Project 6: Addressing desertification in Senegal through better irrigation methods and desalination of soils.

Project 7: Using remote sensing and modeling to determine the gradient of population migration due to land degradation and its effects on land degradation.

Chile

Project 8: Implementing monitoring and environmental information systems to assist in maintaining the balance of interconnected hydrological systems affecting the Andean highlands and the coastal areas of the Atacama desert.

Brazil

Project 9: Controlling desertification in Gilbuez through social and technical implementation strategies.

Turkey

Project 10: Optimizing land use in South East Anatolia and mitigating transboundary tensions.

Mexico

Project 11: Providing data and analysis to determine long-term immigration trends between Mexico and the United States and to identify desertification “hotspots” in Mexico.

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For more information contact Dr. Dennis Engi, (505) 845-8284.

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