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Prof. Dr. Farouk Saleh Fares , Director General of the
Arab Center for the Studies of Arid Zones and Dry Lands
(ACSAD) inaugurated on 20July 2004 at ACSAD headquarters in
Damascus , Syria the meetings of the following steering
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The Steering Committee
of the Wadi Hydrology Network in the Arab region
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The Steering Committee
of the Groundwater Protection Network in the Arab region
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The Steering Committee
of the Digital Water Map of the Arab world
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These meetings aim to discuss the
achievements made in the Arab region through the work of
these networks which started their activities in the Arab
region 8 years ago. These activities included organizing
training courses to train the Arab cadres in the fields of
the exploitation of the rain water and the protection of the
groundwater resources from pollution and depletion ; making
researches on the above subjects ; and supporting the
exchange of experience and knowledge among the Arab experts
through the use of the information techniques and the
Internet . The meetings include drawing up suitable plans
that can be put into operation during the next period ( 2005
– 2006) in the field of training and the carrying out of
research and studies in the Arab region |
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It is worth mentioning that ACSAD assumes
the role of coordinator of the activities of the Wadi
Hydrology Network in the Arab region and is a member and one
of the founders of the Groundwater Protection Network |
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The meeting of the Steering Committee of the
Digital Water Map of the Arab World includes finding an
appropriate mechanism that allows the provision of a prompt
and direct idea about the water resources conditions in the
Arab world and the investments on these resources and their
quality through the preparation of an Arab integrated water
database linked with the Geographic Information System (GIS)
through which different types of maps can be produced giving
a comprehensive and accurate picture about the different
conditions of the water resources in the Arab region noting
that this database can be linked with water institutes and
water research centers in the Arab world. ACSAD has prepared
this database and linked it with the Geographic Information
System |
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The three meetings will last through Friday
23 July 2004 |
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