La 3e édition du Séminaire résidentiel sur la mise en œuvre de l’Initiative Grande Muraille Verte pour le Sahara et le Sahel, s’est tenue à Ouagadougou au Burkina du 4 au 8 mars 2024.Une soixantaine d’experts provenant des onze pays...
30 November 2021
This video from the senegalese national TV channel RTS1 showcases AAD's work in Senegal, where the project supports the National Agency for Afforestation and the Great Green Wall in restoring degraded land and the reintroduction of wildlife species.
01 June 2020
Alongside large scale restoration of 1000 ha of degraded land with selected local species planted over three years, AAD is also supporting wildlife conservation in Khoily Alpha's village nature reserve through the reintroduction of the Sahel scimitar oryx (Oryx dammah)...
The successful approach of FAO’s Action Against Desertification programme to large-scale restoration is making degraded drylands productive again for small-scale farming, and providing economic opportunities in the Sahel region where migration has become a tradition. Key elements of the approach...
26 September 2017
Eleven countries are planting a wall of trees from east to west across Africa, just under the southern edge of the Sahara desert. The goal is to fight the effects of climate change by reversing desertification. A film by Amelia...