Did African Countries Try to Plant Giant Wall of Trees to Stop Sahara Desert's Spread?

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Launched in 2007, the Great African Green Wall was to transform the Sahel by planting 100 million hectares of trees. Fifteen years later, only 18 million hectares were restored. The real brakes were not climate, but inconsistent financing, armed conflicts and institutional failures. More