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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Rome (Italy)

W-02 Gacan-ka-qabadka Indha-indheeyeyaasha Roob-da’a Soomaaliya

SWALIM waxay dib-u-hagaajinaysaa shabakad roob-cabire gacmeed qaran oo qayb ka ah hababkeeda macluumaadka biyo iyo dhul. Xog ururiska qarameed ee la sameeyay waxaa loo isticmaali doonaa si loo taageero khariidayn cimilo, digniin hore ee daad iyo daraasado kale oo cilmi-biyood ah (Hydrological studies). Sidoo kale xog ururisku wuxuu noqon doonaa mid si xor ah ay u heli karto cid kasta oo danaynaysa. SWALIM waxay wadi doontaa indha-indheynta rug kasta oo ka tirsan gundhigga xogta taasoo lagu wareejin doono dawladda Soomaaliyeed ee soo baxaysa marka waqtigu ku haboonaado.

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Environmental Study of Degradation in the Gebi Valley and Sool Plateau, Sanaag Region of Northern Somalia

This report contains comprehensive qualitative and quantitative study of enviromental degradation in the Gebi Valley and Sool Plateau of Sanaag Region in the Northern Somalia.The report was commissioned by Horn Relief in recognition of the environmental factors contribuiting to the over four year drought(2000-2004) in the Gebi Valley and Sool Plateau ecological zones. This report provides baseline data for monitoring of environmental change in the areas and information for developing appropriate programs to address environmental degradation and desertification in the areas

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Horn Relief,Oxfam Netherlands

Environmental Degradation Assesment study report of the the Gebi Valley and Sool Plateau of Northern Somalia

This report contains comprehensive qualitative and quantitative study of enviromental degradation in the Gebi Valley and Sool Plateau of Sanaag Region in the Northern Somalia.The report was commissioned by Horn Relief in recognition of the environmental factors contribuiting to the over four year drought(2000-2004) in the Gebi Valley and Sool Plateau ecological zones. This report provides baseline data for monitoring of environmental change in the areas and information for developing appropriate programs to address environmental degradation and desertification in the areas

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Horn Relief

A to Z GIS, An illustrated dictionary of Geographic Information Systems

A to Z GIS presents the most comprensive collection of GIS terms and illustrations to help students and professionals to help students and professionals understand and use th special language of GIS in research, field studies and real world applications. With definations written, developed and contributed by more than 150 subject matter experts, the book is packed with: more thaan 1800 terms, nearly 400 full color illustrations and seven encyclopedia style appendix articles about annotations and labels, features, geometry, layers in arcGIS, software map projections and coordinate systems, remote sensing and topology.

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FAO SWALIM water sources Maps

A map of somalia on ICRC water sources interventions as at January 2006 . Also in the map are UNICEF initiated health facilities as at that date.

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Somalia Water and Land Information Management, Nairobi (Kenya)

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Centre for Development and Environment

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Danish International Development Assistance

Approaches to private participation in Water services: A toolkit

(Extract from the preface)Approaches to Private Participation in Water Services will aid governments in developing countries that are interested in private participation in water supply and sanitation. Written for an audience that includes officials, consultants, and donors, the toolkit illustrates options for the design of policies that facilitate the delivery of good quality water and sanitation services to the poor and discusses the main advantages and disadvantages of the options. Among other things, it discusses stake- holder consultationthe trade-offs among tariffs, subsidies, and service standardsthe allocation of risks and responsibilitiesand the selection of the operator. In addition to nine chapters that set out and analyze options for private participation, the toolkit includes an appendix of examples that illustrate the choices made by sixteen governments, a spreadsheet-based policy simulation model that illustrates three of the issues discussed in the text (stakeholder analysis, balancing tariffs and service standards, and the allocation of risk), and a CD-ROM that includes documents that offer different perspectives and more detailed advice.

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World Bank,United Nations International Childrens Education Fund,Public-Private Infrustructure advisory Facility

FAO SWALIM Water Sources Maps; ACF survey - Somalia

Map of Somalia showing water points. The map is produced by SWALIM by data from the ACF Somalia water source survey by ACF. Data sources : ACF, ADRA, GAA, GRC, Intersos, SCF, ICRC WATHAB Section

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Somalia Water and Land Information Management, Nairobi (Kenya)

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Centre for Development and Environment

Water from dry riverbeds: How riverbeds can be turned into water sourcesby hand-dug wells and sand dams

Water from dry riverbeds as a hands on manual provides the requisite insights and information on how surface runoff that is released into seasonal rivers as flash floods can be harnessed and abstracted through appropriate technologies such as hand dug wells, weirs and sand storage dams (sand and subsurface dams). This hands-on handbook begins with a historical perspective/background information on sandy riverbeds as reservoirs of good quality water and then goes on to look into the survey and design considerations required before constructing hand dug wells, weirs and sand storage dams (sand and subsurface dams). This manual has also addressed the concern over when to develop these water sources by giving the suitable seasons for surveys and construction works. The latter information is important because experiences from emergency relief operations in the arid lands of Kenya (i.e. Turkana) have showed that the construction of sand storage dams in times of drought cannot provide the badly needed water to water deficit areas. Instead, these dams should be developed with a view to being recharged during the rainy season and utilized in subsequent dry spells.

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Danish International Development Assistance

FAO SWALIM water sources - ACF survey - Bay

Water sources map for Bay region of Somalia. Map produced using data from ACF survey on Somalia Water sources. To request this map quote the reference: WAT-WATER-17012006-NA3815-A1-001

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Somalia Water and Land Information Management, Nairobi (Kenya)

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Some medicinal trees and shrubs of eastern Africa for sustainable utilisation and commercialisation

The book 'Some Medicinal Trees and Shrubs of Eastern Africa for Sustainable Utilisation and Commercialisation' is a fulfilment of one of the major recommendations adopted by the East and Central Africa Regional Agricultural Forum for Training Team (ECA-RAFT) Workshop and General meeting held in Kigali, Rwanda, during the period 24th — 281h May 2004. The ECA — RAFT, an ICRAF supported initiative, is a regional network of public Universities and Colleges, dedicated to the enhancement of training in Agroforestry and integrated natural resources management in tertiary institutions. The general assembly of ECA—RAFT, while reviewing the status of Agroforestry and natural resources educational materials available in universities and tertiary institutions in the region, concluded that there was an urgent need to enhance and mobilise the teaching capacity of educators and educational institutions in Agroforestry and integrated natural resources management. Hence, the adoption of the recommendation: andldquoto develop a new manuscript on medicinal trees and shrubsandrdquoas one key regional priority activity in pursuit of this objective. Consequently and within the constraints of the available resources, a regional team drawn from four universities namely, Makerere University, Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (JKUAT), Kenyatta University (KU) and coordinated by Maseno University (MSU) was constituted to undertake the task that has culminated in the publication of this book.

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African Network for Agriculture, Agroforestry and Natural Resources Education,World Agroforestry Centre

Mapping Global Cities: GIS methods in Urban analysis

Mapping Global Cities: GIS Methods in Urban Analysis shows how the analysis of relevant data with GIS can provide powerful new perspective in addressing urban research and policy questions, and it enhances our understanding and efforts in solving urban planning problems. Author Aye Pamuk draws upon her extensive fieldwork in developing countries, as well as more than ten years of work as a university professor, and extends those in new ways by using the power of spatial analysis with GIS. Part I of the book shows how analysts use GIS to explore global metropolitan regions, and provides an overview of spatial data used in GIS analysis. Part II shows how urban planners and policy makers use GIS, emphasizing the issue of local government and social service delivery. Part III shows how researchers use GIS to analyze spatial patterns in metropolitan areas, including locating immigrant clusters with census data and comparing immigrant clustering patterns across metropolitan areas. The bookandrsquos accompanying CD contains data and printable, step-by-step GIS exercise including a self-directed project, that enable students and users to make maps and explore themes covered in the chapters.

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FAO SWALIM water sources - GTZ survey - Somalia

water sources maps for all regions of Somalia produced from the GTZ water sources survey for Somalia.

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Somalia Water and Land Information Management, Nairobi (Kenya)

Country environmental profile for Somalia, August 2006

This CEP provides environmental, Social and economic information to the EC Somalia office to Guide the identification of specific recomendations on enviromental objectives and benchmarks for the EC cooperation activities in ita 2008-2013 indicative programed for Somalia

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The World Conservation Union

Ground water resources investigations

(Extract from summary) This report summarizes the result of the hydrogeological and geophysical studies carried out to assess groundwater potential of the Puntland State of Somali for Mam and Bros drilling company/UNDP project.

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United Nations Development Program,Mam and Bros drilling Company Ltd,Geolink Associates

Flora of Somalia, Volume 3 with cummulative index to volume 1-4

The aim of the project is to cover all vascular plants known to occur in Somalia, and establish a foundation for all future plant related work in the country. This volume is the last to appaer in a series of four and covers 33 families with a total of more than 1000 species, of which 137 have been described as new within the project. Twenty eight further new species, described in the last few years, which are additional to the previuos published volumes 1, 2 and 4, are included in the appendix, along with a number of species that represent new records for the country. Indexes vernacular and scientific names conclude the volume, and a cummulative index to all four volumes is also provided.

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Emergency rehabilitation and institutional support of water points,Bakol, Gedo and Bay regions, Somalia

This report is an end-of-project (EOP) evaluation of the emergency water rehabilitation project between August 14 to September 5 2005 in Bakol and Bay regions. ADRA has been implementing Emergency rehabilitation and Institutional support of water points project in Bakol and Bay regions, Somalia since the year 2000. br Among the project's objectives are: to increase availability and accessibility of Safe water to 15 L/person/day in drought affected districts of Bay and Bakol districts. It also seeks to improve communities' environmental sanitation and personal hygiene, through health and hygiene education.

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Adventist Development and Relief Agency

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