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WASCAL SCHOLARSHIP OPPORTUNITY

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WORKING TOGETHER IN THE INTEREST OF THE FORESTS AND SUSTAINABILITY

By Dr. Safie SANFO, Senior Scientist, WASCAL Competence Centre Ouagadougou- Burkina Faso Intensifying land and ecological restoration will lead to sustainable increase in provision of ecosystem services, production as well as reversing biodiversity losses, societal resilience and food security urgently needed in the current context of changes in climate, environment, markets, and demography. That is Continue Reading

WASCAL CABO VERDE WELCOMES 2ND BATCH OF MASTER’S STUDENTS IN CLIMATE CHANGE AND MARINE SCIENCES

The WASCAL Graduate Studies Programme in Climate Change and Marine Science funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), in Cabo Verde has welcomed students from the 2nd batch of the Master in Climate Change and Marine Sciences at the Institute of Engineering and Marine Sciences – ISECMAR, of the Atlantic Technical Continue Reading

WASCAL AND WEST AFRICAN VICE CHANCELLORS STRENGTHEN PARTNERSHIPS TO FIGHT CLIMATE CHANGE

WASCAL has held a strategic meeting with its 12 Lead Universities in West Africa to strengthen the collaboration between the organization and Lead University Vice-Chancellors for sustainability. The meeting which created a communication platform between the vice chancellors of the Lead Universities, WASCAL and the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) acknowledged the Continue Reading

WHO WE ARE

WASCAL (West African Science Service Centre on Climate Change and Adapted Land Use) is a large-scale research-focused Climate Service Centre designed to help tackle this challenge and thereby enhance the resilience of human and environmental systems to climate change and increased variability. It does so by strengthening the research infrastructure and capacity in West Africa related to climate change and by pooling the expertise of ten West African countries and Germany.

OUR MISSION

To provide information and knowledge at the local, national, and regional levels to its West African member countries to cope with the adverse impacts of climate change and devise integrated mid and long-term options to build up resilient and productive socio-ecological landscapes. We do this through capacity building and environmental services in West Africa