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Atlas du Bassin du Niger / Niger Basin Atlas

Cet « Atlas du Bassin du fleuve Niger », édité avec l’appui technique du World Wildlife Fund (WWF), est consacré à faire mieux connaître l’importance de ces ressources du bassin. Il constitue un guide de découverte du bassin du Niger à travers une série de cartes thématiques dont les principales donnent un aperçu des sites d’importance en matière de diversité biologique et pour la sécurité alimentaire.


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This « Atlas of the Niger River Basin », published with the technical support of the World Wildlife Fund (WWF), is intended to better know the importance of these resources of the basin. It is a discovery guide of the Niger basin through a series of thematic maps of which the main ones give an overview of the critical sites in terms of biodiversity and food security.  Visiter le site de l'Autorité du Bassin du Niger (ABN) / Visiting the Niger Basin Authority Site www.abn.ne/

 

 

 

 

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