2024 Sahel & Sahara Interest Group meeting – Registration is open!

MAY 2024 – AGADIR, MOROCCO

Background
The Sahel & Sahara Interest Group was born in 2000 on the back of a meeting organized by the Convention on Migratory Species in Djerba, Tunisia, to adopt an action plan for endangered Sahelo-Saharan antelopes as a response to the alarming extinction crisis facing the wildlife of the region. Since then, the meeting has become an annual forum bringing together hundreds of conservation practitioners and organizations to share their work on Sahelian and Saharan species and habitats, and creating a unique and powerful network of actors from all walks of society and from all range states.

Facilitated by Sahara Conservation, the meeting is a unique opportunity to bring people together to share ideas and projects, and to continue a strong tradition of collaboration on behalf of Sahelo-Saharan wildlife and people.

Host
The meeting will be hosted by our Moroccan partners from the Agence Nationale des Eaux et Forêts in Agadir, Morocco, and facilitated by Sahara Conservation from April 30 to May 2.


Themes

  • The regional context: understanding the influence of climate change, geopolitics, security, and socio-economics on the state of nature.
  • Enhancing impact: resourcing, leadership capacity, governance, and grass-roots conservation.
  • Sustaining ecosystems: models for effective protected area and landscape management.
  • Ecosystem health: complementary approaches for people, animals and the environment.
  • Restoring species: the biology, management and recovery of threatened species.
  • Human-wildlife coexistence: interactions and community engagement.


Program overview
Sunday/Monday April 28/29: Arrival of participants
Tuesday April 30: Day 1 of the meeting
Wednesday May 1: Day 2 of the meeting
Thursday May 2: Day 3 of the meeting and field visit
Friday May 3: Departure of participants


Registration
Please complete your registration form by 31st March

REGISTRATION


Registration fees

Regular rate: US$185 or 170€

Range states residents and students rate: $80 or 75€


The registration fees include coffee breaks, lunches, field visit and onsite transportation.

The payment link is in the registration form – or you can access it from here directly: https://saharaconservation.org/donations/ssig-meeting-registration-fees-payment/

For a wire transfer, or other payment methods, please contact Julie Martin.

PAYMENT


Call for abstracts
If you would like to present during the meeting, please submit your abstract before 31 March 2024 using the online form

SUBMIT ABSTRACT

LOGISTICS

Invitation letters for Visas
If you need a visa, please mention it on the registration form and we will send you the document as soon as possible in order to get your visa on time.

Accommodation (suggestions)
Click here to find all the information on accommodation and hotels.

Airport – hotel transfert

  • Option 1: Bus from the airport – drop off in front of the Zephyr hotel. Ticket fare: MAD 50 ($5 / 4,5€)
  • Option 2: Taxi – about MAD 200 for 3 persons max ($20 / 18€)


Step by step guide

  1. Click on the link to complete the registration form online by March 31st.
  2. Pay the registration fee. The payment link is in the registration form – or open it from here directly: pay the registration fees.
  3. If you would like to give an oral presentation, plan a side event, or exhibit a poster, please submit an abstract no later than March 31st. A schedule of talks will be circulated to registered delegates in advance of the meeting.


In case you encounter any technical issue at any stage of your registration process or need more information, please write to: comms@saharaconservation.org

Want to become a sponsor?

Over the years, the event has been generously sponsored by many organizations which contributed to support the logistics on site, and help cover the participation of key individuals from Sahara and Sahel range states.

BECOME A SPONSOR

Organising and sponsoring entities