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Check out Africa’s Great Green Wall initiative, aimed at combatting desertification
Over the preceding decades, desertification has surged across portions of the African continent, propelled by deforestation, agricultural expansion, and persistent drought. Once-rich soil now languishes, parched and less fruitful.
Aiming to counteract this environmental decline, more than a dozen African nations have embarked on an ambitious endeavor: the reclamation of 247 million acres of degraded land. This expanse, roughly 2.3 times the size of California, serves as the canvas for the Great Green Wall project, now in its 17th year.
With estimated costs ranging from US$36 to US$49 billion, the project sets out not only to replenish vegetation but also to foster economic growth by generating 10 million jobs. Moreover, it targets the sequestration of 250 million tons of carbon by 2030.
Spanning from Senegal to Djibouti, countries within the semi-arid Sahel bioclimate are spearheading efforts to restore vitality to the land, creating a verdant barrier stretching from the Atlantic Ocean to the Red Sea.