Celebrating Coast Day under the moonlight of Ghar El Melh

24.09.2019

Celebrating Coast Day under the moonlight of Ghar El Melh

On the occasion of the Mediterranean Coast Day and in the framework of the GemWet project, a 24-hour event entitled “H24O”  was organized by WWF NA in Ghar el Melh on 21 and 22 September 2019. A  series of workshops and storytelling activities were organized as part  of a camping that took place around the lagoon of Ghar el Melh in order  to raise awareness of climate change and how it could affect the water  resources in Tunisia.

The celebrations began on 21 September in  the Sebkha of Sidi Ali el Mekki, where Mr. Ali Garssi, a local farmer,  hosted 40 campers to present the “Gatayaa”, a traditional agriculture  technique specific to Ghar el Melh. During the night, Mr. Mustapha  Jebril and Mr. Othman Gara, two locals, joined the camping festivities  and presented the history of the region and its characteristics to the  participants.

On the second day, Informational Workshops were  moderated by Dr. Raoudha Gafrej, Water and Climate Change specialist.  During the workshops, participants learned about the situation of water  in Tunisia, the impact of climate change on the natural resources and  the role of wetlands in the mitigation of these effects. The 24 hours  were concluded by a cleaning campaign that took place around the wetland  of Ghar el Melh.

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