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Tag: Sahel

Mr. Augustino, a Tanzanian farmer who restored his degraded landscape using FMNR techniques. Courtesy of the LEAD Foundation

In African drylands, farmers are coaxing former forests back into life

How “farmer-managed natural regeneration” is taking hold on the African continent and beyond
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The Great Green Wall, which began in 2007, is envisioned as a band of vegetation running from Senegal to Djibouti. Courtesy of UNCCD

Newly seeded with $14 billion, Africa’s Great Green Wall to see quicker growth

Funds for the Sahel’s barrier against desertification renew hope for its completion
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The Great Green Wall aims to restore 100 million hectares of Sahelian landscapes. Courtesy of Makewaves

Africa’s Great Green Wall is officially 4% – and unofficially 18% – complete

New report says more funding is needed to complete the Sahel restoration initiative
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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
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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
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Children in Africa. Daniel Tiveau, CIFOR

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

Here stands the Great Green Wall: Part 3
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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

A 3-part series on the progress and holdbacks of one of history's most ambitious restoration efforts
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A visual journey across African landscapes

A look at the continent's eight distinct landscapes
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Ibrahim Thiaw on the world’s desertified lands

Messages and memories from the UNCCD leader
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Stopping desertification with rocks and holes

Burkinabe farmer and Right Livelihood winner Yacouba Sawadogo
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Despite obstacles, GLF delegates see progress on AFR100 forest targets

Good governance key
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Mathurin Zida

Smallholder farmers need greater support for land restoration, CIFOR scientist says

Resilience to risk
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Great Green Wall

Africa’s Great Green Wall: A work in progress

Making ambition reality
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