In cooperation with NIRAS, a Danish consulting firm, Green Cross Burkina Faso produced a survey in July 2007 on the theme "Mainstreaming of land sustainable management issues into the transboundary project on integrated management of water resources in the Volta river basin." The survey was commissioned by the African Development Bank within the framework of its programme to combat desertification in Sub-Saharian Africa. In June 2007, Green Cross Burkina Faso, represented by its CEO, Ousséni Diallo, took part in the preliminary workshop of the Sahel Water Governance Learning Group (or in French, PROGRES - Projet de Gouvernance des Ressources en Eau au Sahel), as the focal point for theproject's work in Burkina Faso.PROGRES is a four-year programme to tackle water issues in Senegal, Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger. It promotes better policies, laws and practices that address the property rights and governance challenges of improving access to water for farming and herding. GC Burkina Faso, using its expertise in water management and water as a human right, will be facilitating "experience exchanges" and informed debate in the country, based on the results of the scoping phase.
Green Cross Swaziland: Water Pollution Surveillance project
Green Cross Swaziland is leading a project aimed at monitoring water pollution in the main rivers of Swaziland, that are mostly polluted by chemicals dumped from local companies. The national affiliate works closely with environmental stakeholders and has recently run a very successful clean-up campaign in the Eastern Lowveld region of Swaziland involving school children. Another project in which GC Swaziland is very active aims to combat desertification, a major issue in Swaziland. One of the solutions has been the planting of trees in areas where the soil has been tempered because of the construction of dams or roads.
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