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Sahel drylands: The Great Green Wall and Nigeria’s commitment
To combat the brewing drought and desertification, the African Union developed the Great Green Wall Initiative in 2007. The ...
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Africa's Great Green Wall will only combat desertification and poverty by harnessing local solutions, say researchers
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. In Téssékéré, bare ...
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Environment minister restates Nigeria’s support for Great Green Wall project
Minister of Environment, Balarabe Abbas Lawal, has reiterated Nigeria’s commitment to the Great Green Wall initiative, which aims to restore 100 million hectares of land by 2030.He gave the commitment ...
Aid for Trade in Africa’s Sustainable Development Path
It is easy to sway public opinion with soundbites but the debate on foreign aid needs composure and a view towards broader ...
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Carbon offsetting in arid lands won’t help fight climate change: the Great Green Wall shows why
Sunset over the Sahel in Niger. Credit: Harmattan Toujours The huge environmental project stretching across the Sahel region of Africa, known as the Great Green Wall (GGW), provides the biggest ...
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The Great Green Wall
An epic journey along Africa's Great Green Wall — an ambitious vision to grow a wall of trees stretching across the entire continent to fight against increasing drought, desertification and ...
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Transparency and integrity of the Great Green Wall Initiative in the Sahel Region (GGWI)
Substantive funds for climate action are (meant to be) channelled through the Great Green Wall Initiative which tackles challenges of desertification, land degradation and climate change in the Sahel ...