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Africa's Great Green Wall will only combat desertification and poverty by harnessing local solutions, say researchers
The Great Green Wall initiative is a tree planting restoration project that stretches from Senegal to Djibouti, 5,000 miles (8,000km) across Africa's Sahel region. In Téssékéré, bare ...
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Africa’s Great Green Wall battles instability to meet 2030 deadline
Launched by the African Union in 2007, the Great Green Wall (GGW) aims to combat desertification, drought and land degradation across the Sahel with a $33bn reforestation initiative. The goal: a green ...
Activists plant trees in Mali but residents strip them for firewood. They say there’s no choice
Activists in Mali's Zamblara forest are working with communities to plant trees as part of the Great Green Wall initiative, ...
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Who’s involved - Transparency and integrity of the Great Green Wall Initiative in the Sahel Region (GGWI)
The project is funded by Robert Bosch Stiftung and runs from August 2022 until January 2024.
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Hacking The Soil To Combat Desertification
While the Sahara Desert is an important ecosystem in its own right, its human neighbors in the Sahel would like it to stop encroaching on their environment. [Andrew Millison] took a look at how ...
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With assistance from the World Food Program, people in Niger and all throughout the Sahel have been working ... we previously covered the Great Green Wall at a more macro level.