Collaboration, data and tracking move Africa’s Great Green Wall toward its goal

Mongabay
Mar 7, 2025, 11:15 am225 ptsTop
The Great Green Wall in the Sahel, a mosaic of forests, farmlands and grasslands dotting the arid fringes of Sahara, was launched by the African Union in 2007 to fight desertification and land degradation. Stretching from Dakar in the west to Djibouti in the east, the 8,000-kilometer (5,000-mile) “wall”…

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