Following the Kick off Meeting on February 2010, the BIODESERT team organized a scientific expeditions to monitor diffrent ecosystems of South tunisia.
These campains concentrated on five areas: the Grand Erg Oriental, Douz, Rejim Maatoug, Chott El Jerid and Gafsa.

Map of south of Tunisia showing the main areas of the sampling expeditions. It includes saline systems like Chott El Jerid, desertic regions like the Grand Erg Oriental and oasis like Rejim Maatoug