News Headline
African Nations Strive to Stem Desertification With a 'Great Green Wall'
Source
allAfrica.com
Publication Date
2013-04-17
Stretching from Dakar to Djibouti, a United Nations-backed programme dubbed the 'Great Green Wall' brings together 11 countries to plant trees across Africa to literally hold back the Sahara desert with a swathe of greenery, lessen the effects of desertification and improve the lives and livelihoods of communities.