Objective TO FORMULATE A SCIENTIFICALLY BASED MANAGEMENT STRATEGY FOR THE GARAET EL ICHKEUL WETLAND WHICH IS INTERNATIONALLY IMPORTANT AS A WINTERING AREA FOR EUROPEAN WATERFOWL.THE AIM OF THIS PROJECT IS THE CONSTRUCTION OF AN ECOLOGICAL AND HYDROLOGICAL SIMULATION MODEL OF GARAET EL ICHKEUL, TUNISIA AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF A SCIENTIFICALLY BASED MANAGEMENT PLAN FOR THE AREA. THE MODEL WILL BE USED - TO SYNTHESISE THE RESULTS OF HYDROLOGICAL, PEDOLOGICAL, BOTANICAL AND ZOOLOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS INTO A SINGLE OPERATIONAL WHOLE, - TO FORECAST THE EFFECTS OF A PLAN TO DAM THE INFLUENT RIVERS TO THIS WETLAND AND TO DIVERT THE WATER OUT OF THE CATCHMENT, - TO EVALUATE MANAGEMENT PROPOSALS FOR THE CONSERVATION OF THE WETLANDS HABITAT, AND - TO DEVELOP GUIDELINES FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF THE LAKE AND MARSHLAND SYSTEM UNDER VARIOUS CONDITIONS. ICHKEUL IS A TUNISIAN NATIONAL PARK WHICH THE INTERNATIONAL WATERFOWL RESEARCH BUREAU SAYS IS OF COMPARABLE IMPORTANCE TO COTO DONANA AND THE CAMARGUE. IT IS RECOGNISED UNDER RAMSAR, THE UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE AND BIOSPHERE RESERVE CONVENTIONS. RINGING RECORDS SHOW THAT 42% OF THE BIRDS RECOVERED AT ICHKEUL COME FROM EEC COUNTRIES. IT IS THE LARGEST WETLAND IN NORTH AFRICA AVAILABLE TO MIGRATORY WATERFOWL AND SO REPRESENTS A VITAL AND INTEGRAL PART OF THE SYSTEM WHICH SUPPORTS EEC WATERFOWL. THE PROJECT IS SELF CONTAINED BUT WILL BE UNDERTAKEN IN CLOSE COOPERATION WITH VARIOUS TUNISIAN AGENCIES. THE WORK PROPOSED IS IN THREE PARTS WHICH ARE CLOSELY INTERRELATED BUT SEPARABLE. PART 1 INVOLVES THE FURTHER DEVELOPMENT OF AN EXISTING COMPUTER MODEL OF THE HYDROLOGY AND WATER QUALITY OF THE AREA. PART 2 INCORPORATES DETAILED STUDIES OF HYDROLOGICAL PROCESSES IN THE AREA IN ORDER TO IMPROVE THE COMPUTER MODEL FROM PART 1. PART 3 IS CONCERNED WITH THE ECOLOGY OF THE AREA AND WILL PROVIDE A BASIC RECORD OF BIRD, PLANT AND ANIMAL NUMBERS DISTRIBUTION. Programme(s) PRE-ENVPROT 3C - Sectoral research and development programme (EEC) in the field of environment (environmental protection and climatology) - indirect and concerted actions - Environmental protection -, 1981-1985 Topic(s) Data not available Call for proposal Data not available Funding Scheme CSC - Cost-sharing contracts Coordinator Birkbeck College, University of London EU contribution No data Address Malet Street, Bloomsbury WC1E 7HX London United Kingdom See on map Total cost No data
