Preface

• Status of global change research in Africa and the Mediterranean Basin

International

• Erosion and Land Degradation in theMediterranean : The impacts of Agriculture, Forestry and Tourism. Aveiro (Portugal) - 14-18 june 1995
• Enrich/IIED Workshop Edimbourg (United Kingdom) - 9-10 october1995
• Mediterranean Forecasting Conference La Londe les Maures (France) - 21-26 October 1995
• MARISY 95 "Middle East and African Remote Sensing International Symposium" - Ifrane (Maroc) - 16-18 October 1995
• Atelier ADAM Workshop The Impact of African Dust Across the Mediterranean - Oristano (Sardaigne, Italy) - 4-8 October 1995
• U M A Information Session on the International Convention to Combat Desertification - Tunis (Tunisia) - 8-11 november 1995

Reports

• GAIM Global Analysis, Interpretation and Modelling Workshop in Africa
• GCTE Global Change and Terrestrial Ecosystems research in the Mediterranean and Africa
• IGAC IGAC research in Tropical Africa
• LOICZ Land-Ocean Interactions in the Coastal Zone
• LUCC Land Use and Land Cover Change
• Pages - Inqua - Paleomonsoon Project Monsoons are of immense importance to mankind.
• SAC IV START Fellowships/Visiting Scientists

Data

• D I S Establishment of the IGBP-DIS Office in Toulouse
• One year of satellite and meteorological data over the Mediterranean on CD Rom

Projects

• CO2 Scenarios over the MEDIAS Area The regional climate impacts of the antropogenic greenhouse gas increase are of primary interest.
• The IDAF Steering Committee Meeting Abidjan (Côte d'Ivoire) - 10-11 décember 1995
• Sensitivity of Malaria Potential Transmission to Climatic Changes The malaria situation in the world is worrisome.

Applications

• Desertification Information Network The European Community is studying the possibility to set up a desertification information network, in the framework of the CEO (Centre for Earth Observation) programme.
• Establishing the National Center For Remote Sensing in Lebanon Leaving the crisis of seventeen years behind it, Lebanon is emerging once again to join the stream of science and development.
• News from SCOT Conseil 1996 starts with two major projects with funding from the European Union
• SUDDAN Desertification monitoring in North Africa

Informations

• FIRMA - ACMAD Meteorological Research Incitation Fund for Africa.
• Training - Fellowships START Fellowships/Visiting Scientists
• West and central Africa mean annual rainfall map (1951-1989) Yann L'Hôte and Gil Mahé.
• Colloques / Conférences
• Publications
• ENRICH / START Toledo (Spain), September 25-28, 1996
• WWW Servers a few useful addresses

Notes

• New research groups in Africa
• The international global change research programmes and the MEDIAS region
• MEDIAS Newsletter
• MEDESERT'96
• In the next issue
• Chris Rapley, Executive Director of the IGBP

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