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A GREEN WALL ACROSS AFRICA.

A pan African project, launched by the African Union in 2007, aims to halt the desert’s advance with a green wall. From Senegal in the west to Djibouti in East, 11 countries are planting millions of seedlings of appropriate species, in an effort to create a swath of vegetation 7,600 kilometers long and 15 kilometers wide. “We have to plant species which offers no incentive for logging,” says Aliou Guisse, professor of plant ecology at Cheikh Anta Dioup University in Dakar, Senegal. It is hoped that the reforested areas will also serve as a nature reserve and provide sustainable resources for local communities.