A view of the parched ground of a lake bed in the Chalbi Desert. 

A view of the parched ground of a lake bed in the Chalbi Desert. 

A view of the arid landscape and a village in the distance in the Chalbi Desert. 

Pastoralists water their livestock at a trough at El Bes Oasis in the Chalbi Desert. 

Pastoralists water their livestock at a trough at El Bes Oasis in the Chalbi Desert. 

Pastoralists water their goats and various livestock at a trough at El Bes Oasis in the Chalbi Desert. 

An ECHO flight (European Commission of Humanitarian Aid Department) landing at the North Horr airstrip in the Chalbi Desert. 

BANGLADESH 2008. Parched landscape on the way from Rajshahi to Nachole, approximately 250km northwest of Dhaka. 

Pastoralists water their goats and various livestock at a trough at El Bes Oasis in the Chalbi Desert. 

BANGLADESH 2008. Parched landscape on the way from Rajshahi to Nachole, approximately 250km northwest of Dhaka. 

An above-ground collection tank for harvesting rainwater from roof-runoff. 

An above-ground collection tank for harvesting rainwater from roof-runoff. 

NIGER 2007. A view of a dry reservoir seen from the Ibohamane dam. 

A man and woman collecting water at a well of El Bes Oasis. 

NIGER 2007. A view of a dry reservoir seen from the Ibohamane dam. 

A pastoralist herding his goats through the Chalbi Desert. Pastoralists walk for 2 hours from the village in North Horr to the El Bes Oasis for water. 

FAO project OSRO/GLO/109/GER - Phase 1: Livelihood response to mitigate impacts of desert locust invasion on food security and livelihoods 

NIGER 2007. A view of a dry reservoir seen from the Ibohamane dam. 

NIGER 2007. A view of a dry reservoir seen from the Ibohamane dam. 

NIGER 2007. A view of a dry reservoir seen from the Ibohamane dam.