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The Great Wall of China isn’t the only Great Wall on Earth! 8,500 kilometers away, Africa is building The Great Green Wall—a 7,800 km long barrier of trees designed to stop the Sahara Desert from expanding further south. 🌍
Over the last century, the Sahara has grown by 10%, threatening to engulf the Sahel region and beyond. In 2007, the African Union launched this ambitious project, stretching from Senegal to Djibouti, to restore degraded land and protect millions from desertification.
However, only 18% of the wall has been completed so far, covering 18 million hectares—an area larger than Austria and Hungary combined. Will this project succeed in stopping the desert’s advance?
Watch to learn more about Africa’s biggest environmental battle! 🌿🔥
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The Great Wall of China is not the only Great Wall on earth. 8500 kilometers away there is the Great Green Wall of Africa. You see, the biggest desert in the world, The Sahara desert, was constantly expanding south growing with around 10% in the last 100 years covering most part of the Sahel region. The fear is that if nothing is done, the desert will completely cover the Sahel region and will further expand into the sudanian savana and central Africa.
Back in 2007, the African Union decided to put an end to desert expansion and adopted the project for building a wall of trees across the entire southern edge of the Sahara Desert. The wall will stretch all the way from Senegal in the West all the way to Djibouti in the East. When finished, the wall will be around 7800 kilometers long which is about the same distance from London to Beijing.
Although started 16 years ago, only 18% of the wall was completed, representing 18 million hectares of restored land which is a little more than the land of Austria and Hungary combined.
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