News about the project

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PhD student position available

The University of Potsdam is offering a PhD opportunity, with key responsibilities including conducting fieldwork for crop and soil data collection at various mining sites in Namibia and South Africa, supporting the development of low-cost soil moisture sensors and developing and implementing concepts for greening mine residue deposits under diverse climates in the Southern African Region

Applications by January 6th! 

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Successful sampling campaigns in Namibia and WASA-Kick-off Conference

The WaMiSAR team conducted a series of sampling activities in Namibia in September. These field campaigns followed the WASA kick-off meeting in Stellenbosch, South Africa, where the WaMiSAR project was presented to German and African government representatives and stakeholders. 

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First sampling campaign in South Africa

From 14.06.2024 to 21.06.2024, Dr. Flavia Digiacomo from the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Rosa Sengl from the University of Potsdam (UP) and Lena-Sophie Kuhr from Impact Catalyst carried out the first sampling in South Africa.

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The first MiWaNet meeting took place on 02.07.2024.

During the first MiWaNet meeting, the WaMiSAR project was presented to the participants by Prof. Norra and the MiWaEduNet program was also introduced in detail.

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The WaMiSAR project started on 01.05.2024!

The Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) is funding the WaMiSAR joint project for the "Water Security in Africa" (WASA) funding measure as part of the federal "Water: N" program. Water: N is part of the BMBF's "Research for Sustainability (FONA)" strategy.

Link to the research program: WASA
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The definition phase - WaMiNa

Find out more about the definition phase of the project: "WaMiNa - Sustainable and climate adapted water management in mining of Namibia and neighbouring countries".
Here you can download all reports and baseline studies.

Link to WaMiNa

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