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.

The Great Green Wall need not be seen as an all or nothing proposition. Those 18 million hectares that have been reclaimed are not nothing, and one imagines the communities in these areas are ...

Permaculture instructor Andrew Millison visits Senegal to explore the movement of forest gardens contributing to Africa's ...

A total of some 20 billion dollars has been pledged internationally to support the scaling up of the Great Green Wall programme, including USD 14.3 billion at a One Planet summit for biodiversity ...

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 ...

The Sahel Region faces significant challenges as climate change threats intensify. In response, the African Union launched the Great Green Wall Initiative (GGWI) in 2007 to fight land degradation and ...

The Great Green Wall is part of Africa’s environmental defense system — a shield against the onslaughts of desertification and degradation. The future of the Sahel region of Africa depends on ...

The Great Green Wall: Africa’s Ambitious Attempt To Fight Desertification May 9, 2024 by Lewin Day 61 Comments ...

The Great Green Wall landscape restoration initiative in Africa’s Sahel region is also a nature-based solution. In China, 30 pilot “ sponge cities ” have been set up.

Discover how the Great Wall of India is poised to protect the nation from desertification and ecological collapse. Learn ...

The work to enclose it is part of the larger Three-North Shelterbelt Forest Program, also known as China's Great Green Wall. This broader project that launched in 1978 represents one of the world ...