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A 2011 satellite photo of the divide between the Sahara and the Sahel and southern forests of Africa. NASA

As the Sahel dries, the Sahara advances

Here stands the Great Green Wall: Part 1

 
Vegetation in the Sahel region is composed of mainly stunted and scattered trees, shrubs, bushes and grasses. Daniel Tiveau, Flickr

Why trees could bring water back to the Sahel

Here stands the Great Green Wall: Part 2

 
Children in Africa. Daniel Tiveau, CIFOR

Will the Great Green Wall’s architecture support its future?

Part three of a Landscape News series on the Great Green Wall focuses on the future of the restoration initiative that could change the landscape of Africa.

 
A lone tree stands in the Sahara, whose encroachment on the Sahel has led to the desertification of lands and inspired the Great Green Wall. orientalizing, Flickr

Here stands the Great Green Wall

An in-depth look at the progress and holdbacks of Africa's Great Green Wall, one of history's most ambitious restoration efforts.

 
The community of Litoy in Democratic Republic of the Congo. Ahtziri Gonzalez, CIFOR

It takes a village to restore Africa’s degraded land

In the fallout of unsustainable logging in the DRC, locals begin replanting

 

A visual journey across African landscapes

From the Sahel to the Sahara and from ancient cities to gleaming beaches, here's a photo journey across African landscapes and their eight distinct regions.

 
A leader of West Africa, the low-lying country of Ghana is rich with natural resources that feed into a growing market-based economy. crosby_cj, Flickr

Getting to know the landscape of Ghana

10 fast facts on the sub-Saharan African country

 
Kiribati

Top 10 summer reads on landscapes

Our best summer reads: sustainable cities in Japan and Germany, activism in Fiji and South Africa, and showcasing the future of bamboo in China

 
I See a Different You

Now playing: The age of enlightenment on Africa

Soweto’s 'I See a Different You' co-founders on art’s power to change perceptions of their continent

 

Mountains of the apes

Saving charismatic species and their landscapes

 

In Ghana, one man plants a future with 20 million new trees

This Earth Day, meet West Africa’s young eco-warrior

 

African reggae star Rocky Dawuni on music’s power to drum up climate action

New album uses art's force to mobilize masses for change

 

Farmer-led landscape restoration movement re-greens the Sahel

Underground forests transform deserts in Niger

 
Bonn challenge

The Bonn Challenge Barometer: Tool tracks restoration and reforestation progress

Ambitious global effort

 

Q+A: How Impactum engages West African cocoa farmers to help mitigate climate change

Tree ownership advocacy

 

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