05-02-2021 | 12:19 PM
Great Green Wall Initiative
• The Great Green Wall for the Sahel and Sahara Project recently secured USD 14 billion in funding at the latest One World Biodiversity Summit.
• The money will be used to regenerate depleted property, improve resilience, build green jobs and conserve biodiversity.
Key Points:
• The goal of the Great Green Wall initiative is to change the lives of 100 million Africans by developing 8,000 kilometres long and 15 kilometres wide mosaic of trees, vegetation, grasslands and plants.
• The Great Green Wall is an African project. The African Union started combating desertification, land degradation, drought in 2007.
