US EditionAfrica's 'great green wall' is stalling: In Senegal very few planted areas show progress
Satellite analysis shows only 1 of 36 planted areas in Senegal is greener than natural levels, with low tree survival and delayed funding hindering progress, researchers said.
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Africa's 'Great Green Wall' Is Stalling - in Senegal Very Few Planted Areas Show Progress
Analysis - Africa's Great Green Wall project began as an ambitious plan to build a 15-kilometre-wide band of trees across the north of Africa. The African Union launched the project in 2007 with plans for the trees to extend for 6,000 kilometres through 11 countries in the Sahel, restoring 100 million hectares of land from Senegal to Djibouti and Ethiopia. Its main aim was to prevent the Sahara Desert from advancing. But the Great Green Wall's a…
Africa's 'great green wall' is stalling: In Senegal very few planted areas show progress
Africa's Great Green Wall project began as an ambitious plan to build a 15-kilometer-wide band of trees across the north of Africa. The African Union launched the project in 2007 with plans for the trees to extend for 6,000 kilometers through 11 countries in the Sahel, restoring 100 million hectares of land from Senegal to Djibouti and Ethiopia. Its main aim was to prevent the Sahara Desert from advancing. But the Great Green Wall's also been bi…
Africa’s ‘great green wall’ is stalling: in Senegal very few planted areas show progress
Africa’s Great Green Wall project began as an ambitious plan to build a 15-kilometre-wide band of trees across the north of Africa. The African Union launched the project in 2007 with plans for the trees to extend for 6,000 kilometres through 11 countries in the Sahel, restoring 100 million hectares of land from Senegal to Djibouti and Ethiopia. Its main aim was to prevent the Sahara Desert from advancing. But the Great Green Wall’s also been bi…
The project of the Great Green Wall of Africa began as an ambitious plan to build a 15 km wide strip of trees across northern Africa. The African Union launched the project in 2007 with plans for the trees to extend over 6,000 kilometres across 11 countries. [...]
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