GESTION DURABLE DES ZONES HUMIDES FACE AUX RISQUES CLIMATIQUES AU NIGER : LE CAS DE LA MARE DE TABALAK

The report examines the vulnerability of the Tabalak pond, a Ramsar site in Niger, to climate risks, particularly droughts and floods. It finds that while the local population is highly dependent on the pond for agrosilvopastoral activities, they are severely affected by recurring droughts and environmental degradation. The document recommends improving governance through inter-communal cooperation, establishing continuous environmental monitoring, and accelerating restoration efforts to ensure the pond's sustainability.

• The Tabalak pond and its surrounding populations are highly vulnerable to droughts, which lead to lower water levels, reduced agrosilvopastoral production, and recurring food crises or famines.
• While floods cause infrastructure damage, local populations generally view them positively as they provide abundant water that increases agricultural and fishery production.
• Climate risks are exacerbated by several non-climatic factors, including environmental degradation, population growth, pond siltation, invasive plant species, lack of coordinated resource management, insecurity, and poverty.
• Hydrological modeling using the SWAT tool predicts that the pond's water level may vary less in the future because projected climate change scenarios are less variable than historical data, though this requires further validation.
• The pond is suffering from progressive siltation, with an estimated volume loss of approximately 1% per year, which could result in a total volume loss of 28% to 33% by 2050.
• Gender inequality significantly impacts vulnerability; women in the Tabalak basin earn on average one-twentieth of what men earn and have more limited access to resources, making them more susceptible to climate shocks.
• Local populations employ various adaptation strategies, including diversifying livelihoods into irrigated and market gardening, small-scale irrigation, and environmental restoration, though some resort to unsustainable 'last resort' strategies during famines.
• Niger's national governance of climate risks is split between the National Environment Council for Sustainable Development (CNEDD), responsible for adaptation, and the Early Warning System (SAP), responsible for disaster risk reduction, with a need for better synergy between the two.
• The report identifies four priority actions for the sustainable management of the Tabalak pond: improving governance via joint resource management by basin communes, introducing continuous environmental and socioeconomic monitoring, accelerating restoration actions, and developing actor capacities.

APA

Dekens, J., Nazoumou, Y., Trigo, N. A. Z., Adamou, M. M., Hambally, Y., & McCandless, M. (2013). GESTION DURABLE DES ZONES HUMIDES FACE AUX RISQUES CLIMATIQUES AU NIGER : LE CAS DE LA MARE DE TABALAK. International Institute for Sustainable Development. https://www.iisd.org/system/files/publications/crm_niger_fr.pdf

Chicago

Dekens, Julie, Yahaya Nazoumou, Natalia Alicia Zamudio Trigo, Mahaman Moustapha Adamou, Yacouba Hambally, and Matt McCandless. GESTION DURABLE DES ZONES HUMIDES FACE AUX RISQUES CLIMATIQUES AU NIGER : LE CAS DE LA MARE DE TABALAK. International Institute for Sustainable Development, 2013. https://www.iisd.org/system/files/publications/crm_niger_fr.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{dekens2013gestion, author = {Dekens, Julie and Nazoumou, Yahaya and Trigo, Natalia Alicia Zamudio and Adamou, Mahaman Moustapha and Hambally, Yacouba and McCandless, Matt}, title = {{GESTION DURABLE DES ZONES HUMIDES FACE AUX RISQUES CLIMATIQUES AU NIGER : LE CAS DE LA MARE DE TABALAK}}, institution = {International Institute for Sustainable Development}, year = {2013}, month = jan, url = {https://www.iisd.org/system/files/publications/crm_niger_fr.pdf}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }