Africa's Great Green Wall to Stop the Spreading Sahara
Imagine an immense forest spun out along one of the world's greatest deserts as a coast-to-coast barricade to the spread of the sands. This is the vision of the Great Green Wall of Africa, now a step closer after a recent AU conference, writes SA.info.
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Africa: Africa's Great Green Wall to Stop the Spreading Sahara
SA Info, 13 May 2016
Imagine an immense forest spun out along one of the world's greatest deserts as a coast-to-coast barricade to the spread of the sands. This is the vision of the Great Green Wall of… Read more »
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Africa: Great Green Wall Could Halt Youth Migration, Extremism - Experts
Thomson Reuters Foundation, 5 May 2016
A project to plant a wall of trees stretching across Africa aims not only to halt desertification, but also to improve food security, create jobs, and offer young people an… Read more »
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West Africa: First International Conference On the Great Green Wall for the Sahara and the Sahel Initiative
African Union, 2 May 2016
First International Conference on the Great Green Wall for the Sahara and the Sahel Initiative (GGWSSI) Theme: Restoring Africa's Landscapes - The Way Forwar Read more »
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Nigeria: 'Dry Land Agric Practices'll Combat Desertification'
Vanguard, 14 April 2016
As the country continues to grapple with desertification in some northern states, the Director General, National Agency for Great Green Wall, NAGGW, Goni Ahmed, said dry land… Read more »
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7 April 2015
The Great Green Wall of Africa
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The World Bank/ Global Environment Facility Contribution The Sahel & West Africa Program in support of the Great Green Wall of Africa is the ... see more »
The plan is to create a living barrier of trees and plants, 14 kilometres wide and running for 7 000 kilometres along the southern border of the Sahara's Sahel desert.
