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Africa’s Great Green Wall of 6,000km of trees was launched 18 years ago, promising to halt desertification. But in Senegal, it’s been very slow to progress.
The Great Green Wall is great in theory but too complicated to achieve without more localised planning.
The emergence of a pan-African voice in the fight against global warming, a global issue, could enable the African Union to regain ground on the international stage.
Paying attention to tree seed to enhance forest landscape restoration: new resources for Africa are available.
Africa’s Great Green Wall must immediately speed up to meet the needs of people along the edges of the Sahara Desert.
Desertification and climate change are threatening ancient sites in the Sahara.
Africa’s great green wall suffers from a major mismatch between ambition and effort. But that’s not to say it should be ditched altogether.
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Adjunct Research Scientist, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
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Expert in Environmental Humanities, Sustainability Science, Foresight and Futures Studies, University of Cologne
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Co-Leader, Tree Productivity & Diversity, Center for International Forestry Research – World Agroforestry (CIFOR-ICRAF)
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Board Chair, Global EverGreening Alliance & Distinguished Senior Fellow, World Agroforestry (ICRAF), Center for International Forestry Research – World Agroforestry (CIFOR-ICRAF)
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Co-Leader, Tree Productivity & Diversity, Center for International Forestry Research – World Agroforestry (CIFOR-ICRAF)
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Associate Fellow, Tree Productivity and Diversity, Center for International Forestry Research – World Agroforestry (CIFOR-ICRAF)
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PhD Researcher, Sand Movement in Sudan, University of Nottingham
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Lecturer in Political Economy of Violence, Conflict and Development, SOAS, University of London
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Lecturer International Relations, African Politics, Regional Integration in Africa, and International Economics, Institut catholique de Lille (ICL)
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Sustainable land management specialist, World Resources Institute
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Research Associate, School of Natural and Environmental Sciences, Newcastle University
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Professor in Development Studies, University of Sussex
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Assistant Professor, Wageningen University
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