FLASH
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The expansion of the Sahara desert is a significant problem that is affecting many aspects of life in the region, including agriculture, food security and the environment. It has grown by about 10% since 1920 and is expanding at a rate of about 39 miles per year.
The Great Green Wall is a project first approved by the African Union in 2007, originally conceived as a way to combat desertification in the Sahel region and slow the expansion of the Sahara.
This ambitious project involves planting a giant wall of trees - spanning 22 countries - from Djibouti's capital of the same name to Dakar, Senegal.
The original dimensions of the "wall" were to be nine miles wide and an incredible 4,831 miles long, but the program was expanded to include nations in both northern and western Africa.
The project's ongoing goal is to restore 100 million hectares of degraded land and capture 250 million tons of carbon dioxide and create 10 million jobs in the process - all by 2030.
The project is a response to the combined effect of natural resource degradation and drought in rural areas. It seeks to help communities mitigate and adapt to climate change
Desertification reduces crop yields, causes food shortages and increases poverty in affected populations by destroying fertile land and water supplies.
The population of the Sahel is expected to double by 2039, highlighting the importance of maintaining food production and protecting the environment in this area.
The first proposal for a "green front" was proposed by the British explorer Richard St. Barbe Baker in the 1950s, during his expedition to the Sahara. He suggested a buffer of trees 30 miles deep to block the expansion of the desert.
Then, the idea resurfaced in 2002, at the special summit in N'Djamena, the capital of Chad, on the occasion of the World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought. It was then approved in 2005. /Express.co.uk
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