Resource type:
Project
EU project stamp:
No
Link to knowledge resource
Main entity:
The Great Green Wall Initiative
Key themes:
Climate change
Climate change mitigation
Conservation
Forests
Resilience
Restoration
Scope:
Africa
Description:
The Great Green Wall is an African-led movement with an epic ambition to grow an 8,000km natural wonder of the world across the entire width of Africa.
A decade in and roughly 15% underway, the initiative is already bringing life back to Africa’s degraded landscapes at an unprecedented scale, providing food security, jobs and a reason to stay for the millions who live along its path. The Wall promises to be a compelling solution to the many urgent threats not only facing the African Continent, but the global community as a whole – notably climate change, drought, famine, conflict and migration.
Once complete, the Great Green Wall will be the largest living structure on the planet, 3 times the size of the Great Barrier Reef.
Date:
2007
Language:
EN