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Africa's Great Green Wall
26th September 2017
The latest African project to tackle desertification is an unusual one: a Great Green Wall, of trees. It is 15 km wide, spans 11 countries and should, in theory, reverse some of the effects of desertification.
It's a bold bid to counter some of the most damaging effects of the overuse of the scarce resources of the Sahel's grasslands.
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Our radio doc: Africa's Great Green Wall, can it help transform lives of millions in impoverished #Sahel? https://t.co/4orAyguUax #Senegal
— Thomas Fessy (@thfessy) September 26, 2017
Will Africa’s Great Green Wall discourage migration to Europe? https://t.co/SW9sGoRQm2
— Caprice Royal (@MonCapriceRoyal) September 26, 2017
"If you put the right material in the right place, you can get results from year one." 🌱📻https://t.co/qv9voTsXTp
— BBC World Service (@bbcworldservice) September 23, 2017
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