African wall of trees was adopted at the Community of Sahel
Last updated 9/18/2008 11:13:59 AM
African wall of trees was adopted at the Community of Sahel
Three years after it was first proposed, preparations for an African 'wall of trees' to slow down the southwards spread of the Sahara desert are finally getting underway.
The 'Great Green Wall' will involve several stretches of trees from Mauritania in the west to Djibouti in the east, to protect the semi-arid savannah region of the Sahel — and its agricultural land — from desertification.
A plan for the proposed US$3 million, two-year initial phase of the project — involving a belt of trees 7,000 kilometres long and 15 kilometres wide — was formally adopted at the Community of Sahel—Saharan States (Cen-Sad) summit on rural development and food security in Cotonou, Benin, last month (17—18 June). forr the full article go to ENN news.