Action Against Desertification implements Africa’s Great Green Wall restoration programme on the ground in 10 countries currently. The initiative is Africa’s flagship response to combat climate change and desertification, through large-scale restoration for small-scale farming across North Africa, the Sahel and Southern Africa, applying a transformative approach that improves landscapes and livelihoods of millions of people. [more]
Action Against Desertification helps ten African countries - Burkina Faso, Eritrea, Ethiopia, The Gambia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal and Sudan - in the sustainable management and restoration of their dryland forests and rangelands. In Africa, FAO supports the expansion of the Great Green Wall initiative, Africa's flagship programme to combat the effects of climate change and desertification and building resilient landscapes and livelihoods.
New video: Action Against Desertification: FAO’s contributions to the Great Green Wall in Mauritania and Sudan
Video Gallery
Action Against Desertification - overview video
Action Against Desertification: land restoration in Burkina Faso
Action Against Desertification: Mauritania (Goural)
Land restoration in North Niger
Mechanized ploughs for land preparation
Land restoration in Sudan
Activities
- Land Restoration
- Non-timber forest products
- Capacity development
- Monitoring & Evaluation
- Information Sharing
- South-South Cooperation
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