Senegal-Mauritanian Aquifer Basin (SMAB)        

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Context

• Ministers of the Gambia, Guinea Bissau, Mauritania and Senegal signed a joint declaration to advance trans-boundary cooperation in the Senegal-Mauritanian Aquifer Basin (SMAB).
• This is in line with the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) Water Convention.

About

• The Senegalo-Mauritanian aquifer basin is the largest basin in the Atlantic margin of north-west Africa, having an area of 350,000 square kilometres.
• More than 24 million inhabitants of the region are dependent on it for drinking water and other needs.
• This includes the capitals of Guinea Bissau and Senegal, namely Bissau and Dakar.

https://www.downtoearth.org.in/news/africa/in-a-first-4-west-african-countries-commit-to-cooperate-on-senegalo-mauritanian-aquifer-basin-79463