By Spoorthy Raman The Great Green Wall in the Sahel, a mosaic of forests, farmlands and grasslands dotting the arid fringes ...

An ambitious and bold project looks to help desertification in Africa and to combat African nations from being swallowed up ...

Gujarat to Delhi, it's a massive reforestation of the Aravalis to keep the Thar desert from advancing ...

About two decades ago, African nations launched an audacious plan: a 7,700km “Great Green Wall” to hold back the Sahara Desert’s southward march. Yet years passed and progress was stalled ...

An epic journey along Africa's Great Green Wall — an ambitious vision to grow a wall of trees stretching across the entire continent to fight against increasing drought, desertification and ...

LONDON: Africa’s Great Green Wall, which is meant to restore degraded landscapes and boost economies across the continent, is low on cash and unlikely to meet a 2030 completion goal, the ...

At a recent inception meeting held at Baobab Hotel Resort, government officials, environmental experts, and other members ...

Substantive funds for climate action are (meant to be) channelled through the Great Green Wall Initiative which tackles challenges of desertification, land degradation and climate change in the Sahel ...

By using grass grids made of wheat straw to stabilize the sand, vast numbers of people from all walks of life have been mobilized to plant trees, expanding the "green Great Wall." According to Ma ...

After years of delays due to insufficient funding and prevailing conflicts, the Great Green Wall in the Sahel, aimed at preventing desertification, gained momentum with an accelerator program ...