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This Special Edition No. 2 of the Echoes of the Great Green Wall is devoted to the state of progress in key areas and concrete scientific, technological and innovative contributions in support of implementation and delivery of actions towards achieving the GGW objectives. The publication shares and disseminates knowledge including [...]

As part of its support to member countries and institutions for the implementation of the Great Green Wall (GGW), FAO’s Action Against Desertification (AAD) convenes an advanced training on Collect Earth and biophysical data collections in the GGW and the Sahel. More than 30 experts from Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, [...]

Dakar, Khoily Alpha, Senegal. FAO, CIFOR-ICRAF, Great Green Wall (GGW) institutions and partners convened for a Second Week on GGW in Senegal, as part of the EU-funded Knowledge for Great Green Wall Action (K4GGWA) project. The event brought together more than 50 stakeholders and partners from GGW national entities (focal points [...]

Sharing a common vision over rangelands, FAO and several key partners have promoted the celebration of the Second Drylands Summer School, aiming to build resilient drylands by training experts to advocate for transformative land management. The Summer School will take place at the CIFOR-ICRAF Campus in Nairobi, Kenya, from Thursday, [...]

FAO is training local actors in large-scale restoration techniques and mechanized land preparation in support of field operations under the Great Green Wall (GGW) initiative to restore drylands and degraded lands in Africa. Land restoration offers hope for improving livelihoods of rural communities and promises to reverse biodiversity degradation and [...]

Born and raised in Oman, Rumaitha Al Busaidi is known for her extensive work empowering women through environmental education.  Part-time athlete, part-time women’s rights advocate, Rumaitha stands for what she believes in – unlocking women’s potential. Supporting women in building career confidence Rumaitha is certainly one of a kind, and she enjoys [...]

Abuja, Nigeria. FAO delivered a “training of master trainers” in large-scale restoration techniques from 20-28 February in Abuja, kick-starting field implementation activities of the Agro-Climatic Resilience in Semi-Arid Landscapes (ACReSAL) project. The training, delivered to over 350 participants from 19 northern States and the Federal Capital Territory, covered community surveys and [...]

Significant progress was made during COP28, but the pace of improvement on the gender balance front remained slow. In fact, unfortunately, only 38 percent of party delegations were women – an increase on COP27, where 34 percent were women.   However, despite this challenge, there were positive steps taken, including the launch [...]

When Mailes Zulu's husband secured a job in one of Zambia's largest prisons, he often returned home with shocking tales of mistreatment faced by women with children. Many of these women were victims of gender-based violence, trapped in abusive relationships due to a lack of financial independence. Through her husband's [...]

The "Making Every Voice Count for Adaptive Management" (MEV-CAM) Initiative was created in 2020 and alters the way South-South knowledge management is approached by using local and indigenous knowledge to restore degraded drylands with more sustainable practices. By empowering communities and stakeholders to demonstrate their skills, express their challenges, and [...]