Africa & Arab States

Libyan Arab Jamahiriya

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The country is covered by the UNESCO Office in Rabat, Morocco.

Libya is engaged with UNESCO in a multi-dimensional project  entitled Establishment of the National Seismological Network (LNSN).

The LNSN is a UNESCO-Libyan project which aims essentially at building capacity in earthquake monitoring and research, and at establishing a National Digital Seismological Network and a Strong Motion Network in order to conduct studies of earthquake-related phenomena towards risk assessment and reduction in the region.

Below you can access the projects that are currently being implemented in the country within the framework of UNESCO’s Natural Sciences Sector.

Freshwater

- Great Man Made River Project More

- Great Man Made River Prize More

- UNESCO Chair in Water in Desert and Arid Zones, established in 2001 at Al-Fateh University More

Oceans

- Marine Biology Research Centre More

Earth Sciences

- Ordovician palaeogeography and palaeoclimate (IGCP, Project 503)

- Coastal vulnerability related to sea level change (IGCP, project 515)

Basic Sciences

- Libyan Cell and Molecular Biology Centre, at the Biotechnology Research Centre, in Tajoura, funded by the government of the Libyan Arab Jamahirya More

Sciences Policy and Sustainable Development

- Cooperation with Garyounis University More

- Great Man Made River Project More

- Great Man Made River Prize More

- Marine Biology Research Centre More

Natural Disaster Reduction

- Libyan National Seismological Network More

- Reducing Earthquake Losses in the Eastern Mediterranean Region (RELEMR) programme 

- Programme for the Assessment and Mitigation of Earthquake Risk in the Arab Region (PAMERAR)