ESA’s Tiger II to support 20 water projects in Africa

ESA's TIGER II initiative has selected 20 project proposals across Africa to receive support from Earthobservation
technology to learn more about the water cycle and to improve water-monitoring resources.

TIGER II is based on the results and achievements of its precursor TIGER I, which sought to help African
countries overcome water problems and to bridge Africa's water information gap using Earth-observation (EO)
technology. A major component of TIGER II is devoted to supporting African scientists, technical centres and
water authorities to develop the scientific skills and the technical capacity to make the best use of EO
technology to understand better, assess and monitor the status of the water resources in Africa. The initiative
is also devoted to supporting the African partners to gain a better understanding of how EO may help assess
the potential impacts of climate change on water resources and thus to establish a sound scientific basis for
developing effective adaptation and mitigation measures across the continent.

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TIGER is an international endeavour that contributes to the strategy of the Group on Earth Observations (GEO) and involves the contributions of UNESCO (the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization), the Canadian Space Agency and the African Ministerial Council on Water (AMCOW).