AFRI-09.doc - Session Report Cover Sheet SESSION CODE AFRI 09 Name of Convener(s Engr Muhammad Sani ADAMU Lake Chad Basin Commission DATE 20 March 2003

Session Report Cover Sheet SESSION CODE: AFRI - 09 Name of Convener(s): Engr Muhammad Sani ADAMU, Lake Chad Basin Commission DATE: 20 - March, 2003 Session Title: Lake Chad Region – Implementation Progress of LCBC Vision 2025 Contact information in Japan Accommodation: SUNNY STONE HOTEL, ESAKA, OSAKA Contact No.: (06) 6386 - 0001 Contact E-mail: [email protected] ; [email protected] 0

Session Report SESSION CODE: AFRI - 09 Reporter/Rapporteur: J.A. OGUNTOLA Contact E-mail : [email protected] ; [email protected] ; [email protected] 1. Key Issues  Highly variable and unpredictable rainfall pattern  Population explotion  Poverty within the region  High proportion of export earnings going into debt repayment  Conservation of the limited water resources of the basin  Restoration of the lake level  Desertification control  Deteriorating hydrological data collection and analyses  Regional cooperation  Fixing targets for infrastructural development and indicators of development 