UNEP - Africa Water Atlas

This Atlas is a visual account of Africa's endowment and use of water resources, revealed through 224 maps and 104 satellite images as well as some 500 graphics and hundreds of compelling photos. However the Atlas is more than a collection of static maps and images accompanied by informative facts and figures: its visual elements vividly illustrate a succinct narrative describing and analyzing Africa's water issues and exemplifying them through the judicious use of case studies. It gathers information about water in Africa and its role in the economy and development, health, food security, transboundary cooperation, capacity building and environmental change into one comprehensive and accessible volume. (...)

The article:
http://www.unep.org/publications/contents/pub_details_search.asp?ID=4165

The Atlas:
http://www.unep.org/pdf/africa_water_atlas.pdf

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When The Water Ends - Africa’s Climate Conflicts:

http://agrobiodiversityplatform.org/climatechange/2010/12/13/when-the-water-ends-africa%E2%80%99s-climate-conflicts/

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