Source: The Great Green Wall: a 100 Million Hectares Wall to Protect Africa | Inter Press Service
By 2030 the ambition is to restore 100 million hectares of currently degraded land and sequester 250 million tons of carbon. Credit: Greatgreenwall.org
MADRID, Feb 17 2022 (IPS) – Once completed in 2030, it could well be considered the world’s eighth wonder, this time natural. It is the African-led Great Green Wall or the largest living structure on the planet – an 8.000 kilometres natural hit stretching across the entire width of the continent.
It is a symbol of hope in the face of one of the biggest challenges of our time – desertification, the UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) informs. And it aims at restoring Africa’s degraded landscapes and transforming millions of lives in one of the world’s poorest regions, the Sahel.
Launched in 2007 by the African Union, the Great Green Wall Initiative is being implemented in more than 20 countries across Africa.
The UN Convention adds that the initiative brings together African countries and international partners under the leadership of the African Union Commission and the Pan-African Agency of the Great Green Wall.
Its implementation coincides with the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration 2021-2030.
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