Natural vegetation barriers sometimes provide better solutions to problems of desertification than high-technology engineering projects.
Niger: building barriers to prevent the expansion of
degraded land cover
FAO photo by P. Cenini
More photos in this series:
- Pakistan: workers in a forest nursery tending tree seedlings that will be planted in dry areas
- Sudan: hungry goats feeding on a solitary Acacia shrub
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